Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 40

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Isaiah 40 . 1 , The promulgation of the Gospel; Isaiah 40 . 3 , The preaching of John Baptist; Isaiah 40 . 9 , The preaching of the apostles; Isaiah 40 . 12 , The prophet , by the omnipotency of God , Isaiah 40 . 18. and his incomparableness , Isaiah 40 . 26. comforts the people.

Isaiah 40:1

"Comfort, comfort My people," says your God.

Isaiah 40:1 · BSB

comfort27 parallels

Reciprocal26 parallels

Isaiah 40:2

“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”

Isaiah 40:2 · BSB

comfortably3 parallels

Heb. to the heart

warfare13 parallels

or , appointed time

that her iniquity11 parallels

double8 parallels

Reciprocal28 parallels

Isaiah 40:3

A voice of one calling: "Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

Isaiah 40:3 · BSB

The voice4 parallels

Prepare11 parallels

make5 parallels

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Isaiah 40:4

Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.

Isaiah 40:4 · BSB

valley12 parallels

every mountain2 parallels

and the3 parallels

Reciprocal12 parallels

straight or , a straight place

plain or , a plain place

Isaiah 40:5

And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”

Isaiah 40:5 · BSB

the glory15 parallels

all flesh11 parallels

for the mouth4 parallels

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Isaiah 40:6

A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.

Isaiah 40:6 · BSB

Cry8 parallels

All flesh11 parallels

Reciprocal17 parallels

Isaiah 40:7

The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.

Isaiah 40:7 · BSB

Reciprocal9 parallels

Isaiah 40:8

The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”

Isaiah 40:8 · BSB

the word13 parallels

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Isaiah 40:9

Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”

Isaiah 40:9 · BSB

O Zion , that bringest good tidings6 parallels

or , O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion

get4 parallels

lift up4 parallels

be not12 parallels

Behold5 parallels

Reciprocal31 parallels

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

Isaiah 40:10

Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.

Isaiah 40:10 · BSB

the Lord God8 parallels

with strong hand5 parallels

or , against the strong

his arm16 parallels

his reward2 parallels

his work1 parallel

or , recompence for his work

Reciprocal15 parallels

Isaiah 40:11

He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

Isaiah 40:11 · BSB

feed18 parallels

he shall gather6 parallels

shall gently lead1 parallel

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

  • Genesis 33:13 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."

Reciprocal53 parallels

are with young or , give suck

Isaiah 40:12

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?

Isaiah 40:12 · BSB

measured11 parallels

weighed1 parallel

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measure Heb. tierce

Isaiah 40:13

Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?

Isaiah 40:13 · BSB

hath directed8 parallels

Reciprocal9 parallels

his counsellor Heb. man of his counsel

Isaiah 40:14

Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?

Isaiah 40:14 · BSB

understanding3 parallels

Heb. understandings

Reciprocal12 parallels

instructed him Heb. made him understand

Isaiah 40:15

Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.

Isaiah 40:15 · BSB

the nations4 parallels

the isles7 parallels

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Isaiah 40:16

Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.

Isaiah 40:16 · BSB

nor5 parallels

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Isaiah 40:17

All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.

Isaiah 40:17 · BSB

as nothing5 parallels

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Isaiah 40:18

To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?##### Isaiah 40 . 19

Isaiah 40:18 · BSB

the whole verse20 parallels

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Isaiah 40:19

To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?

Isaiah 40:19 · BSB

the whole verse17 parallels

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Isaiah 40:20

To one bereft of an offering who chooses wood that will not rot, who seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple?

Isaiah 40:20 · BSB

chooseth6 parallels

shall not4 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

is so impoverished that he hath no oblation Heb. is poor of oblation

Isaiah 40:21

Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?

Isaiah 40:21 · BSB

the whole verse11 parallels

Reciprocal5 parallels

Isaiah 40:22

He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

Isaiah 40:22 · BSB

It is he that sitteth5 parallels

or , Him that sitteth , etc

the inhabitants3 parallels

stretcheth12 parallels

Reciprocal16 parallels

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.

Isaiah 40:23

He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.

Isaiah 40:23 · BSB

the whole verse14 parallels

Reciprocal4 parallels

Isaiah 40:24

No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.

Isaiah 40:24 · BSB

they shall not be planted10 parallels

he shall also7 parallels

and the10 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Isaiah 40:25

“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.

Isaiah 40:25 · BSB

the whole verse4 parallels

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Isaiah 40:26

Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

Isaiah 40:26 · BSB

Lift6 parallels

who hath11 parallels

bringeth2 parallels

by the greatness2 parallels

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Isaiah 40:27

Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?

Isaiah 40:27 · BSB

sayest12 parallels

my judgment6 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

Isaiah 40:28

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.

Isaiah 40:28 · BSB

thou not known11 parallels

the everlasting7 parallels

the ends4 parallels

fainteth4 parallels

no searching7 parallels

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Isaiah 40:29

He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

Isaiah 40:29 · BSB

the whole verse10 parallels

Reciprocal17 parallels

Isaiah 40:30

Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.

Isaiah 40:30 · BSB

the whole verse7 parallels

Reciprocal11 parallels

Isaiah 40:31

But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Isaiah 40:31 · BSB

they that17 parallels

renew10 parallels

Heb. change

mount5 parallels

not faint7 parallels

Reciprocal34 parallels

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web27 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Romans 11:34 → Isaiah 40:13, 1 Corinthians 2:16 → Isaiah 40:13, 1 Peter 1:24-25 → Isaiah 40:6-8
Allusions Ephesians 1:19-21 → Isaiah 40:26, Titus 2:13 → Isaiah 40:5, Isaiah 40:3 → Exodus 23:20, Zechariah 4:7 → Isaiah 40:4
Echoes Acts 19:27 → Isaiah 40:17, Isaiah 40:21 → Genesis 1:1, Isaiah 40:26 → Genesis 1:1, Isaiah 40:28 → Genesis 1:1, Isaiah 40:3-4 → Exodus 23:20-21, Lamentations 1:16 → Isaiah 40:1, Lamentations 1:17 → Isaiah 40:1, Lamentations 1:2 → Isaiah 40:1, Lamentations 1:21 → Isaiah 40:1, Lamentations 1:9 → Isaiah 40:1
Trajectories
Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary), Glory-Cloud (Divine Presence), New Exodus (Second Exodus Pattern), Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope), Wisdom and Foolishness of the Cross, Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding)
Longitudinal Themes
Shepherd
Anchor Text Networks
Networked Isaiah 40.3 - A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
Chiasms
Shaped Isaiah 40:1–11, Isaiah 40:12–31
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