Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 40:26-27

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Isaiah 40:26-27

1834–1892
Baptist
Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Isaiah 40:26-27

1834–1892
Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking. Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God?" — Isaiah 40:26-27 (ASV)

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. 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?

You see, it is another form of that same sin of forgetting God, or thinking little of God. It does not matter much whether it takes the form of atheism or of idolatry. It is the same kind of evil; it is getting away from God, or neglecting him; and, in our case, when we get depressed in spirit and imagine that God forgets us, it is the same sinful nature working in the same sinful manner. May God help us to forsake every form of evil!