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Isaiah 40

Isaiah 40:27

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

Modern
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”?
Traditional
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?
Literal
Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way Is hidden from YHWH, and my claim is passed over by my God”?
Latin
Quare dicis, Jacob, et loqueris, Israël: Abscondita est via mea a Domino, et a Deo meo judicium meum transivit?

Original

Hebrew
English
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”?

Notes

Isaiah 40:27

My way is hidden … ignored by my God: The coming exile, a time when God's powerful presence and rescue would not be visible, would prompt questions (see also Isaiah 49:14; 54:7; Lamentations 5:20–22).

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

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

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

Topics

Blasphemy: General Scriptures Concerning Blindness: Spiritual Doubting: General Scriptures Concerning God: Incomprehensible God: Knowledge of Select Readings: The Omnipotence and Incomparableness of God