Isaiah 40
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The Great Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at Qumran from the second century BC, contains all the verses in this chapter. | |
| Book | Book of Isaiah |
| Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 23 |
| Category | Nevi'im |
Isaiah 40 is the fortieth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.[1][2] This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Isaiah, and is a part of the Book of the Prophets.[3][4] Parts of this chapter are cited in all four canonical Gospels of the New Testament.
Text
- The original text is written in Hebrew language.
- This chapter is divided into 31 verses.
Textual versions
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
Ancient translations in Koine Greek:
- Septuagint (3rd century BC)
- Theodotion version (~AD 180)
Structure
This chapter can be grouped:
- Isaiah 40:1-2 = God’s People Are Comforted
- Isaiah 40:3-13 = The voice in the wilderness
- Isaiah 40:14-31 = The coming of the LORD
Verse 3
- The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.[7]
Cited in all four gospels in New Testament as fulfilled in the person of John the Baptist, who prepared for the coming of Jesus Christ the Lord (Matthew 3:1-3; Mark 1:2-5; Luke 3:2-6;John 1:23). John himself confessed that the verse pertains to him:
- He [John the Baptist] said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.[8]
Verse 4
- Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:[9]
Cited in Luke 3:5
Verse 5
- And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
- and all flesh shall see it together:
- for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.[10]
Cited in Luke 3:6
Verse 13
- Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord,
- Or as His counselor has taught Him?[11]
- Cross reference: Jeremiah 23:18
- Cited in Romans 11:34
Verse 22
- It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,
- and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers;
- that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain,
- and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:[12]
- "circle" is applicable to the "globular form" of the earth, above which, and the vault of sky around it.[13]
- "upon" can be translated as "above."[13]
- "grasshoppers" or "locusts" in God's sight (Numbers 13:33), as He looks down from on high (Psalm 33:13, 14; Psalm 113:4-6).[13]
- "curtain" refers to the "awning" which the Orientals draw over the open court in the center of their houses as a shelter in rain or hot weather.[13]
See also
- Christian messianic prophecies
- John the Baptist
- Messianic prophecies of Jesus
- Related Bible parts: Exodus 19, Jeremiah 23, Matthew 3, Mark 1, Luke 3, John 1, Romans 11, 1 Peter 5
Notes and references
- ↑ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
- ↑ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
- ↑ J. D. Davis. 1960. A Dictionary of The Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.
- ↑ Therodore Hiebert, et.al. 1996. The New Intrepreter's Bible: Volume: VII. Nashville: Abingdon.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Dead sea scrolls - Isaiah
- ↑ Timothy A. J. Jull; Douglas J. Donahue; Magen Broshi; Emanuel Toy (1995). "Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert". Radiocarbon. 37 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Isaiah 40:3
- ↑ John 1:23
- ↑ Isaiah 40:4
- ↑ Isaiah 40:5
- ↑ Isaiah 40:13
- ↑ Isaiah 40:22
- 1 2 3 4 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary on Isaiah
External links
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