Isaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who has created these things, that brings out their host by number: he calls them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one fails.
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In Context
25To whom then will all of you liken me, or shall I be equal? says the Holy One.
Cross References
Genesis 2:1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Job 31:26If I beheld the sun when it shined, 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 yours, the earth also is yours: as for the world and the fullness thereof, you have founded them.
Psalms 119:91They continue this day according to yours ordinances: for all are your servants.
Psalms 148:3Praise all of you him, sun and moon: praise him, all you 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 →