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Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their host by number; he calls them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
Who hath created ... —The verb may be noted as a characteristic of 2 Isaiah, in which it occurs twenty times.
Baptist
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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16th Century
Protestant
Lift up your eyes on high. The Prophet appears to linger too long on this subject, especially because it presents no obscurity. He repeats…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Lift up your eyes on high From the earth, and the inhabitants of it, even those of the greatest power and influence …
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Be comforted, be comforted. This is the second principal part of this book, in which the prophet primarily intends to comfort th…
