Isaiah 40:26

Lift up on high your eyes, And see — who hath prepared these? He who is bringing out by number their host, To all of them by name He calleth, By abundance of strength (And [he is] strong in power) not one is lacking.

Young's Literal Translation

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

25And unto whom do ye liken Me, And [am] I equal? saith the Holy One.

27Why sayest thou, O Jacob? and speakest thou, O Israel? 'My way hath been hid from Jehovah, And from my God my judgment passeth over.'

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Cross References

Genesis 2:1And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host;

Job 31:26If I see the light when it shineth, And the precious moon walking,

Psalms 19:1To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. The heavens [are] recounting the honour of God, And the work of His hands The expanse [is] declaring.

Psalms 89:11Thine [are] the heavens — the earth also [is] Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.

Psalms 119:91According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole [are] Thy servants.

Psalms 148:3Praise ye Him, sun and moon, Praise ye Him, all 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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