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God's Infinite Scale
Commentators explain that Isaiah uses familiar human actions—measuring with a hand, weighing on scales—to help our finite minds grasp God's infinite power. The God who created and sustains the universe holds the oceans in His palm and measures the heavens with His fingers. This imagery is meant to inspire awe and reverence for His sheer magnitude and majesty.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 40:12
18th Century
Theologian
Who hath measured - The object in this and the following verses to Isaiah 40:26 is to show the greatness, power, and majesty of God, by stro…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 40:12
19th Century
Bishop
Who has measured...?—Another section opens, expanding the thought of the eternal majesty of Jehovah, as contrasted with t…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 40:12
19th Century
Preacher
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure,…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 40:12
16th Century
Theologian
Who hath measured? After speaking of God’s friendly care in defending his people, he now proclaims his power and bestows upon it all possi…
John Gill
On Isaiah 40:12
17th Century
Pastor
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand? &c.] The following account of the power, wisdom, and all sufficien…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 40:12–17
17th Century
Minister
All created beings shrink to nothing in comparison with the Creator. When the Lord, by his Spirit, made the world, none directed his Spirit, or gav…