Isaiah 40:26

Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their host by number. He calls them all by name, by the greatness of his might. And because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

25To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal [to him]? says the Holy One.

27Why do thou say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, My way is hid from LORD. And the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God?

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Cross References

Genesis 2:1And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Job 31:26if I have beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

Psalms 19:1The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows his handiwork.

Psalms 89:11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine, the world and the fullness of it; thou have founded them.

Psalms 119:91They abide this day according to thine ordinances, for all things are thy servants.

Psalms 148:3Praise ye him, sun and moon. Praise him, all ye stars of light.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:19-27

Vanity of Idols. ( b. c. 708.) 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 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. 21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from… Read the whole commentary →

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