Isaiah 40:21

Have ye not known? 1 Have ye not heard? 1 Hath it not been told you from the beginning? 1 Have ye not understood from the mosedot ha'aretz (foundations of the earth)? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

In Context

20He that is so impoverished that He hath no terumah 1 chooseth an etz that will not rot; 1 he seeketh unto him a charash chacham (skilled craftsman) 1 to prepare a pesel, that shall not topple. 1

22It is He that sitteth above the circle of the earth, 1 and the inhabitants thereof are like chagavim (grasshoppers); 1 that stretcheth out Shomayim like a curtain, 1 and spreadeth them out like an ohel to dwell in; 1

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Cross References

Job 26:7He stretcheth out the Tzafon over the tohu, 1 and hangeth eretz upon nothing. 1

Psalms 50:6And Shomayim shall declare His tzedek; 1 for Elohim Shofet hu. 1 Selah 1

Isaiah 27:11When the boughs thereof are dry, 1 they shall be broken off; 1 the nashim come, and set them on fire; 1 for it is a people of no understanding; 1 therefore He that made them will not have compassion on them, 1 and He that formed them will show them no favor.

Isaiah 46:8Remember this, and stand firm; 1 bring it again to lev (heart, mind), O ye poshe'im (rebelling, transgressing ones). 1

Isaiah 51:13And forgettest Hashem Osehcha (thy Maker), 1 that hath stretched out Shomayim, 1 and laid the foundations of Eretz; 1 and thou art terrified tamid (constantly), kol hayom, 1 because of the fury of the oppressor 1 when he is ready to destroy? 1 And where is the fury of the oppressor? 1

Acts 14:17And yet Hashem did not leave himself without an eidus (witness) in doing hatovim to you, giving geshem from Shomayim and seasons of bearing p'ri, filling you with okhel and your levavot with simcha. + 14:17 Dt 11:14; Job 5:10; Ps 65:10; 4:7; 147:20

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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