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Isaiah 40

Isaiah 40:11

Here Is Your God! · Isaiah 40:9–31
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Translations

Modern
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.
Traditional
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.
Literal
Like a shepherd He will pasture His flock; He gathers the lambs with His arm, and in His bosom He carries them, the nursing ones He leads.
Latin
Sicut pastor gregem suum pascet, in brachio suo congregabit agnos, et in sinu suo levabit; fœtas ipse portabit.

Original

Hebrew
English
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.

Notes

Isaiah 40:11

Isaiah used the well-known biblical image of a shepherd to describe God's care for his people (see also Isaiah 49:10; Psalm 23:1; Jeremiah 3:15; 23:4; Ezekiel 34:11–17; Matthew 2:6; John 10:1–18).

Isaiah 40:9–11

God is the good news. He comes as a warrior to rescue his people with power, yet he also holds them gently like a shepherd.

Isaiah 40:1–55:13

This section shares the good news of God's coming salvation. The Lord will support his people and judge His enemies. Salvation will occur through the arrival, suffering, and exaltation of the Lord's servant, the Messiah, Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 40:1–31

This chapter introduces chapters 40–66. In this section, comfort means the result of God's merciful actions toward people in the future. It includes encouragement, strength, and acceptance.

God wants to rescue his people (Isaiah 40:1–11) and is fully capable of doing so (40:12–26). The exiles needed to trust God's promises and wait for their rescue (Isaiah 40:27–31; see also 30:15–18).

Events

Parallels

Romans 11:33–36

Glossary

Book of Baruch Isaiah, Book of Messiah New Creation, New Creature Ransom Shepherd

Topics

Arm: Figurative Use of Blessing: Spiritual, from God Character of Christ: Compassionate Children: Promises and Assurances To Christ is God: As Jehovah, the Shepherd Christian Minister: Duties of Church: Prophecies Concerning Prosperity of Church: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Compared To Saints: Lambs Gentiles: Prophecies of the Conversion of Gentleness of Christ Gentleness of God God: Guide Jesus, the Christ: Compassion of Jesus, the Christ: Divinity of Jehovah the Shepherd Jesus, the Christ: Love of Jesus, the Christ: Prophecies Concerning the Coming of Jesus, the Christ: Prophecies Concerning Universality of the Kingdom of Jesus, the Christ: Saviour Jesus, the Christ: Shepherd, Jesus the True: Foretold Jesus, the Christ: Shepherd, Jesus the True: He Cherishes Tenderly Jesus, the Christ: Shepherd, Jesus the True: He Gathers Preciousness of Christ: On Account of His: Care and Tenderness Privileges of Saints: Having: Christ for Their Shepherd Prophecies Respecting Christ: His Tenderness and Compassion Reward: A Motive to Faithfulness Righteous: Lambs Righteous: Promises To, Expressed or Implied Select Readings: The Omnipotence and Incomparableness of God Shepherd: A Name Given to Jesus Shepherds: (Their Care and Tenderness) Tenderness of Christ The Compassion and Sympathy of Christ: Manifested for The: Weak in Faith The Excellency and Glory of Christ: As Shepherd The Lamb of Weak Believers The Lamb: The Shepherd's Care For the Shepherd Christ: Foretold the Shepherd Christ: His Sheep: He Cherishes Tenderly the Shepherd Christ: His Sheep: He Gathers Titles and Names of Saints: Lambs