1 The promulgation of the Gospel
3 The preaching of John Baptist
9 The preaching of the apostles
12 The prophet, by the omnipotency of God
18 And his incomparableness
26 Comforts the people.

comfort Isa 3:10 35:3,4 41:10-14,27 49:13-16 50:10 51:3,12 57:15-19 60:1 61:1-3 62:11,12 65:13,14 66:10-14 Ne 8:10 Ps 85:8 Jer 31:10-14 Zep 3:14-17 Zec 1:13 9:9 2Co 1:4 1Th 4:18 Heb 6:17

2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.

comfortably. Heb. to the heart Ge 34:3 2Ch 30:22 Ho 2:14

warfare, or, appointed time Ps 102:13 So 2:11-13 Jer 29:11 Da 9:2,24-27 11:35 12:4,9 Hab 2:3 Ac 1:7 Ga 4:4 Re 6:10,11 11:15-18

and her iniquity Isa 12:1 33:24 43:25 44:22 61:7 Ps 32:1 Jer 31:33,34 33:8,9 1Co 6:9-11

double Isa 61:7 Job 42:10-12 Jer 16:18 17:18 Da 9:12 Zec 1:15 9:12 Re 18:6

3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

the voice Mt 3:1-3 Mr 1:2-5 Lu 3:2-6 Joh 1:23

prepare Isa 35:8 57:14 62:10,11 Mal 3:1 4:5,6 Lu 1:16,17,76,77

make Isa 11:15,16 43:19 49:11 Ps 68:4

4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:

valley Isa 42:11,15,16 1Sa 2:8 Ps 113:7,8 Eze 17:24 21:26 Lu 1:52,53 3:5 18:14

every mountain Isa 2:12-15 Job 40:11-13

and the Isa 42:16 45:2 Pr 2:15

straight. or, a straight place. plain. or, a plain place

5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

the glory Isa 6:3 11:9 35:2 60:1 Ps 72:19 96:6 102:16 Hab 2:14 Lu 2:10-14 Joh 1:14 12:41 2Co 3:18 4:6 Heb 1:3 Re 21:23

all flesh Isa 49:6 52:10 66:16,23 Jer 32:27 Joe 2:28 Zec 2:13 Lu 2:32 3:6 Joh 17:2 Ac 2:17

for the mouth Isa 1:20 58:14 Jer 9:12 Mic 4:4

6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

cry Isa 40:3 12:6 58:1 61:1,2 Jer 2:2 31:6 Ho 5:8

all flesh Isa 37:27 Job 14:2 Ps 90:5,6 92:7 102:11 103:15,16 Jas 1:10,11 1Pe 1:24

7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

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8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

the word Isa 46:10,11 55:10,11 Ps 119:89-91 Zec 1:6 Mt 5:18 24:35 Mr 13:31 Joh 10:35 12:34 Ro 3:1-3

9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

O Zion, that bringest good tidings. or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion Isa 41:27 52:7 Ezr 1:1,2 Lu 24:47 Ro 10:18

get Jud 9:7 1Sa 26:13,14 2Ch 13:4

O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings. or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem.

lift up Isa 52:8 58:4 Jer 22:20 Ac 2:14

be not Isa 35:3,4 51:7,12 Ac 4:13,29 5:41,42 Eph 6:19 Php 1:28,29 1Pe 3:14

behold Isa 12:2 25:9 1Ti 3:16 1Jo 5:20,21

10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

the Lord God Isa 9:6,7 59:15-21 60:1 Zec 2:8-11 Mal 3:1 Joh 12:13,15

with strong hand. or, against the strong Isa 49:24,25 53:12 Heb 2:14 1Jo 3:8

his arm Isa 59:16 Ps 2:8,9 66:3 110:1,2,6 Mt 28:18 Eph 1:20-22 Php 2:10,11 Re 2:26,27 17:14 19:11-16 20:11

his reward Isa 62:11 Re 22:12

his work. or, recompence for his work Isa 49:4

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.

feed Isa 49:9,10 63:11 Ge 49:24 Ps 23:1 78:71,72 80:1 Eze 34:12-14 34:23,31 37:24 Mic 5:4 Joh 10:11-16 Heb 13:20 1Pe 2:25 5:4 Re 7:17

he shall gather Isa 42:3 Ge 33:13 Eze 34:16 Joh 21:15-17 1Co 3:1,2

shall gently lead. A beautiful image, as Bp. Lowth remarks, expressive of the tender attention of the shepherd to his flock. That the greatest care in driving the cattle, in regard to the dams and their young, was necessary, appears clearly from Jacob's apology to his brother Esau, which is set in a still stronger light by the following remarks of Sir J. Chardin: Their flocks feed down the places of their encampments so quick, by the great numbers that they have, that they are obliged to remove them often, which is very destructive to their flocks, on account of the young ones, who have not strength enough to follow.

are with young. or, give suck.

12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

measured Isa 48:13 Job 11:7-9 38:4-11 Ps 102:25,26 104:2,3 Pr 8:26-28 30:4 Heb 1:10-12 Re 20:11

measure. Heb. tierce
weighed Job 28:25

13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

hat directed Job 21:22 36:22,23 Lu 10:22 Joh 1:13 Ro 11:34 1Co 2:16 Eph 1:11

his counsellor. Heb. man of his counsel

14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?

instructed him. Heb. made him understand. Understanding. Heb. understandings. 1Co 12:4-6 Col 2:3 Jas 1:17

15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

the nations Isa 38:22 Job 34:14,15 Jer 10:10

the isles Isa 11:11 41:5 59:18 66:19 Ge 10:5 Da 11:18 Zep 2:11

16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

nor Ps 40:6 60:10-12 Mic 6:6,7 Heb 10:5-10

17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

as nothing Job 25:6 Ps 62:9 Da 4:34,35 2Co 12:11

18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

Isa 40:25 46:5,9 Ex 8:10 9:14 15:11 20:4 De 33:26 1Sa 2:2 Job 40:9 Ps 86:8-10 89:6,8 113:5 Jer 10:6,16 Mic 7:18 Ac 17:29 Col 1:15 Heb 1:3

19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

Isa 37:18,19 41:6,7 44:10-12 46:6,7 Ex 32:2-4 Jud 17:4 Ps 115:4-8 135:15,18 Jer 10:3-5,9 Ho 8:6 Hab 2:18,19

20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.

is so impoverished that he hath no oblation. Heb. is poor of oblation. chooseth Isa 2:8,9 44:13-19 Jer 10:3,4 Da 5:23

shall not Isa 41:7 46:7 1Sa 5:3,4

21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

Isa 27:11 44:20 46:8 Ps 19:1-5 115:8 Jer 10:8-12 Ac 14:17 Ro 1:19-21,28 3:1,2

22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

it is he that sitteth. or, Him that sitteth Isa 19:1 66:1 Ps 2:4 29:10 68:33

the inhabitants Isa 40:15,17 Nu 13:33

stretcheth Isa 42:5 44:24 51:13 Job 9:8 37:18 38:4-9 Ps 102:25,26 104:2 Jer 10:12 Zec 12:1 Heb 1:10-12

as a curtain. Or, as a thin veil, as Bp. Lowth renders: which he illustrates by the following passage from Dr. Shaw. It is usual in the summer season, and upon all occasions when a large company is to be received, to have the court sheltered from heat or inclemency of the weather by a velum, umbrella, or veil, as I shall call it; which, being expanded on ropes from one end of the parapet to the other, may be folded or unfolded at pleasure. The Psalmist seems to allude to some covering of this kind, in that beautiful expression of spreading out the heavens as a curtain.

23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

Isa 19:13,14 23:9 24:21,22 Job 12:21 34:19,20 Ps 76:12 107:40 Jer 25:18-27 Lu 1:52,52 Re 19:18-20

24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

they shall not be planted Isa 14:21,22 17:11 1Ki 21:21,22 2Ki 10:11 Job 15:30-33 18:16-19 Jer 22:30 Na 1:14

he shall also Isa 40:7 11:4 30:33 37:7 2Sa 22:16 Job 4:9 Hag 1:9

and the Isa 17:13 41:16 Job 21:18 Ps 58:9 Pr 1:27 Jer 23:19 Ho 13:3,15 Zec 7:14 9:14

25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

Isa 40:18 De 4:15-18,33 5:8

26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

lift Isa 51:6 De 4:19 Job 31:26-28 Ps 8:3,4 19:1

who hath Isa 44:24 45:7 48:13 Ge 2:1,2 Ps 102:25 148:3-6 Jer 10:11,12 Col 1:16,17

bringeth Ps 147:4,5

by the greatness Ps 89:11-13

27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

* sayest Isa 49:14,15 54:6-8 60:15 1Sa 12:22 Job 3:23 Ps 31:22 77:7-10 Jer 33:24 Eze 37:11 Ro 11:1,2 * my judgment Isa 49:4 Job 27:2 34:5 Mal 2:17 Lu 18:7,8

28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

thou hast known Jer 4:22 Mr 8:17,18 9:19 16:14 Lu 24:25 Joh 14:9 1Co 6:3-6,9 6:16,19

the everlasting Isa 57:15 Ge 21:33 De 33:27 Jer 10:10 Ro 16:26 1Ti 1:17 Heb 9:14

the ends Isa 45:22 59:1 1Sa 2:10 Ac 13:47

fainteth Isa 66:9 Ps 138:8 Joh 5:17 Php 1:6

no searching Isa 55:8,9 Ps 139:6 147:5 Ro 11:33,34 1Co 2:16

29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

Isa 41:10 Ge 49:24 De 33:25 Ps 29:11 Zec 10:12 2Co 12:9,10 Php 4:13 Col 1:11 Heb 11:34

30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

Isa 9:17 13:18 Ps 33:16 34:10 39:5 Ec 9:11 Am 2:14

31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

they that Isa 8:17 25:9 30:18 Ps 25:3,5,21 27:14 37:34 40:1 84:7 92:1,13 123:2 La 3:25,26 Ro 8:25 1Th 1:10

renew. Heb. change Jud 16:28 Job 17:9 33:24-26 Ps 103:5 138:3 2Co 1:8-10 4:8-10,16 12:9,10

mount Ex 19:4 Ps 84:7 So 8:5 Zec 10:12 Re 4:7

not faint Ps 27:13 Lu 18:1 2Co 4:1,16 Ga 6:9 Heb 12:1 Re 2:3