Isaiah 40:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

He shall feed his flock - including all a shepherd's care: tend (Ezekiel 34:23; Psalms 23:1; Hebrews 13:20; 1 Peter 2:25).

Carry (them) in his bosom - applicable to Messiah's restoration of Israel, as sheep scattered in all lands, and unable to move of themselves to their own land (Psalms 80:1; Jeremiah 23:3). As Israel was "carried from the womb"

(i:e., in its earliest days) (Isaiah 63:9; Isaiah 63:11-12; Psalms 77:20), so it shall be in "old age" (its latter days) (Isaiah 46:3-4).

Shall gently lead - as a thoughtful shepherd does the ewes 'giving suck,' (margin.) So Jacob, Genesis 33:13-14.

Isaiah 40:11

11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.