Isaiah 40:26

Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things. He leads forth their army by number, and he calls them all by name. Because of the fullness of his strength and robustness and virtue, not one of them was left behind.

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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

25“And to whom would you compare me or equate me?” says the Holy One.

27Why do you say this, O Jacob, and why do you speak this way, O Israel? “My way has been hidden from the Lord, and my judgment escaped notice by my God.”

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Cross References

Genesis 2:1And so the heavens and the earth were completed, with all their adornment.

Job 31:26if I gazed upon the sun when it shined and the moon advancing brightly,

Psalms 19:1Unto the end. A Psalm of David.

Psalms 89:11Who knows the power of your wrath? And, before fear, can your wrath

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