Isaiah 40:27

Why sayest thou, O Ya'akov, 1 and speakest, O Yisroel: 1 My derech is hid from Hashem, 1 and my mishpat is passed over and disregarded by Elohai? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

26Lift up your eyes marom (on high, i.e. into the heavens), and behold: 1 Who hath created + 40:26 T.N. This chapter needs to be seen also in light of Acts chapter 2, and Jerusalemʼs Besurah HaGeulah proclaimed there. these things, 1 that bringeth out their tzeva'a (host, legions) by mispar (number); 1 He calleth them all b'shem (by name); 1 because of the abundance of His power and the might of His ko'ach, 1 not one [star] is missing. 1

28Hast thou not known? 1 Hast thou not heard, 1 that the Elohei Olam, Hashem, 1 Boreh Ketzot HaAretz (Creator of the ends of the earth), 1 fainteth not, neither is weary? 1 There is no searching of His tevunah (understanding, intelligence). 1

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Cross References

Job 23:14For He accomplisheth the thing that is appointed for me; 1 and rabbot (many) such things are with Him. 1

Isaiah 44:21Remember these things, O Ya'akov and Yisroel; 1 for thou art avdi; 1 I have formed thee; thou art an eved to Me; 1 O Yisroel, do not forget Me! 1

Isaiah 49:14But Tziyon said: Hashem hath forsaken me, 1 and Adonoi hath forgotten me. 1

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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