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The Cosmic General
Commentators explain that this verse portrays God as a supreme general over the "host" of stars. He marshals them, knows them by number, and calls them by name, signifying not just knowledge but absolute command. The perfect, unwavering obedience of the cosmos demonstrates God's majestic power and His title as the "Lord of Hosts."
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 40:26
18th Century
Theologian
Lift up your eyes on high—Direct your eyes toward heaven, and in the contemplation of the wonders of the starry world and of God’s power the…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 40:26
19th Century
Bishop
Who hath created ... —The verb may be noted as a characteristic of 2 Isaiah, in which it occurs twenty times.
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?…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 40:26
16th Century
Theologian
Lift up your eyes on high. The Prophet appears to linger too long on this subject, especially because it presents no obscurity. He repeats…
John Gill
On Isaiah 40:26
17th Century
Pastor
Lift up your eyes on high
From the earth, and the inhabitants of it, even those of the greatest power and influence …
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…