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God's Unrivaled Majesty
Commentators agree that this verse is a powerful rhetorical question. After describing His own cosmic power, God challenges anyone to name a worthy comparison. Scholars like Albert Barnes and John Gill explain that the question's purpose is to highlight the absolute folly of idolatry and the absurdity of comparing the infinite Creator to any created thing.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 40:25
18th Century
Theologian
To whom then will you liken me? - () The prophet, having thus set forth the majesty and glory of God, now asks with great emphasis …
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 40:21–26
19th Century
Preacher
Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?…
John Calvin
On Isaiah 40:25
16th Century
Theologian
And to whom will ye liken me? He repeats the former statement (Isaiah 40:18), in which He said that the Lord would not allow H…
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John Gill
On Isaiah 40:25
17th Century
Pastor
To whom then will you liken me, or shall I be equal, says the Holy One ? Or be upon a level with? since the greatest of m…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 40:18–26
17th Century
Minister
Whatever we esteem or love, fear or hope in, more than God, that creature we make equal with God, though we do not make images or worship them. Eve…