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Isaiah Chapter 40

The Greatness of God


40:1
Comfort, comfort My people, says your Elohim אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
is a genre of Piyyut…. This name of this genre, meaning “your Elohim”, comes from the closing word of Numbers 15:41: “…to be your God; I am Yahweh your God.” for more info click here Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
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40:2
Speak tenderly to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַם
Transliteration: yᵊrûšālam – Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lah’-im – proper locative noun meaning “teaching of peace” or possession of peace – also called the city of David and Zion – the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split For more info click here
, and proclaim to her, that her period [of exile] has been fulfilled, that her guilt has been paid off: because she has received double for all her sins from the hand  of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
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40:3 A voice cries outIn the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּר Pronunciation; bammiḏbār – in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, where cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs): —desert, south, speech, wilderness. For more info click here clear the roadדֶּרֶךְ
Transliteration:dereḵ Pronunciation:deh’-rek way, road, distance, journey, manner, path, direction For more info click here
of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, make a straight highway in the desert for our Elohim לֵאלֹהֵינוּ
Pronounced:lē’lōhênû – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word is Elohim for more info on the word click here
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40:4 Every valley shall be raised, and every mountain and hill shall be lowered: and the crooked will become straight, and the rough places a plain:
40:5 The glory of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
will be revealed, and all flesh together will see that the mouth of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
has spoken.
40:6 A voice said, Proclaim! And I ask, What shall I proclaim? All flesh is [like] grass, and all its kindness like the wildflowers in the field:
40:7 The grass dries up, the flowers fade when the spiritרוּחַ
Transliteration: rûaḥ Pronunciation: roo’-akh feminine noun Meaning: wind, breath, mind, spirit For more info click here
of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
blows on it: surely the people are grass.
40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades: but the word of our Elohim אֱלֹהֵינוּ
Pronounced:’ĕlōhênû – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word is Elohim for more info on the word click here
shall stand forever.

Good tidings from Zion


40:9 Climb on the high mountain, O herald (or you that tells good news to) of Zionצִיּוֹן
LXX Σιών, also variously transliterated Sion,Tzion, Tsion, Tsiyyon Zion = “parched place” often used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole For more info click here
, raise your voice with strength, ; O herald (or you that tells good news to)  of Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלַם
Transliteration: yᵊrûšālam – Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lah’-im – proper locative noun meaning “teaching of peace” or possession of peace – also called the city of David and Zion – the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split For more info click here
, raise your voice with strength; raise it up, don’t be afraid; say to the cities of Judahיְהוּדָה
Modern: Yəhūda, Tiberian: Yŭhūḏā), literally “thanksgiving” or “praise,” is the noun form of the root Y-D-H (ידה), “to thank” or “to praise. The fourth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah. Also referring to the tribe of Judah or The Kingdom of Judah later referred to as Judea For more info click here
, Here is your Elohim אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
is a genre of Piyyut…. This name of this genre, meaning “your Elohim”, comes from the closing word of Numbers 15:41: “…to be your God; I am Yahweh your God.” for more info click here Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
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40:10 Look, Adonaiהָאָדוֹן
the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here
YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
  will come with a strong hand, and His arm rules for Him: Look, His reward is with Him, and His wage is before Him.
40:11 He shall graze his flock like a shepherd: who gathers the lambs in his arm, who carries them in his chest, who guides the nursing ewes.
40:12 Who measured the waters in his palm, and gauged the heavensוְשָׁמַיִם
Pronunciation:vᵊšāmayim and heavens Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute – the visible heavens, the abode of the stars like the visible universe, the sky, the atmosphere For more info click here
with a span, and measured in a huge vessel the dust of the earth, and weighed the mountains with a scale, and the hills with a balance?
40:13 Who can measure the Spiritרוּחַ
Transliteration: rûaḥ Pronunciation: roo’-akh feminine noun Meaning: wind, breath, mind, spirit For more info click here
of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, His man of counsel who informs Him?
40:14 From whom did He seek counsel, and [who] instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of justice, and taught Him wisdom, and explained the wayוְדֶרֶךְ
Pronunciation:vᵊḏereḵ and the way, and the road, and the path, and the route, and the distance, and the journey, and the manner For more info click here
of knowledge to Him?
40:15 See, the nationsגּוֹיִם
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—the Gentiles, the heathen, the nations, the people. For more info click here
are like a drop from a bucket, and are counted like the dust rubbing off the a scale: look, the islands weigh like little specks of dust.* “Islands” is often used as a metaphor for all of humanity. Including those living in remote places. – From the Artscroll English Tanach
40:16 And Lebanon wouldn’t provide fuel enough, or are its animals enough for a burnt-offering.
40:17 All the nations הַגּוֹיִם
pronounced: hagôyim – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—the Gentiles, the heathen, the nations, the people. For more info click here
are like nothing before him ; and He regards them as less than nothing, and empty space.
40:18 To whom can y’all compare EL אֵל
‎Transliteration:ēl Pronunciation:ale — masculine noun — God, god-like one, mighty one occurs 245 times in 235 verses in the WLC Hebrew click here
? and what likeness can y’all attribute to Him?
40:19 An idol cast by a craftsman, that the goldsmith overlays with gold, and a silversmith with silver chains?
40:20 A man too poor to afford an offering chooses a piece of wood that won’t rot; then seeks out a skilled woodworker to prepare a carved image, that will not fall apart.
40:21 Don’t y’all realize? Haven’t y’all heard? hasn’t it been told ya’ll from the beginning? Haven’t y’all understood from the foundations of the earth?
40:22 It is He that sits on the circle of the earth, with its inhabitants like grasshoppers; who spreads out the heavensשָׁמַיִם
Pronunciation: šāmayim Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute – the visible heavens, the abode of the stars like the visible universe, the sky, the atmosphere For more info click here
like a veil, and stretches them out like a tent to live in:
40:23 That brings the princes into nothingness; he makes the judges of the land into nothing.
40:24 as if they weren’t planted; as if they weren’t even sown: as if their stock wasn’t even rooted in the earth: and if He were to blow on them they would wither, and a whirlwind would take them away like straw.
40:25 To whom then will y’all compare Me that I should be [his] equal? says the Holy Oneקָדוֹשׁ
Transliteration qāḏôš Pronunciation kaw-doshe’ sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart For more info click here
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The people are comforted


40:26 Raise your eyes on high, and see Who created these [things], He brings out their their hostצְבָאָם
Transliteration:ṣᵊḇā’ām From the Hebrew root word translated “hosts” is tzva’ which is a term that describes “military units.” They have specific functions to carry out in a military campaign. The two places these military units are located is in the sky and on the earth. Continue reading at: click here
by number: he calls each of them by name because he is great in strength, mighty in power; not one is missing.
40:27 Why do you say, O Jacobיַעֲקֹב
(/ˈdʒeɪkəb/; Modern: Yaʿaqōv (help·info), Tiberian: Yaʿăqōḇ; Arabic: يَعْقُوب, romanized: Yaʿqūb; Greek: Ἰακώβ, romanized: Iakṓb) the name Yaʿaqōv יעקב is derived from ʿaqev עָקֵב “heel”, as Jacob (later called Israel) was born grasping the heel of his twin brother Esau. for more info click here
, and speak, O Israel, My pathדַרְכִּי
Pronunciation: ḏarkî way, road, distance, journey, manner, path, direction, toward For more info click here
is hidden from YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, and my right is taken away by my Elohim וּמֵאֱלֹהַי
Pronounced:ûmē’ĕlōhay – and from or by my God – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word is Elohim for more info on the word click here
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40:28 Didn’t you know? didn’t you hear, that the eternalעוֹלָם
Transliteration:ʿôlām Pronunciation:o-lawm’ From the Hebrew root word עָבַר Everlasting, forever, long duration, antiquity, ancient, futurity, perpetual, evermore, perpetual For more info: click here
Elohimאלֹהֵי
In Hebrew grammatical construct is a way of connecting noun-noun pairs. In english, we use “of”, but in Hebrew there are quite a few ways of doing this. של is usually used in place of “of” in Hebrew, but in this case, we modify the first word, with the suffix “ey” (which is what we do for plural words, which God’s name is in Torah), i.e. God of Abraham becomes Elohei Avraham. also can be of my – See Elohim for more info click here
, YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, the Creator of the ends of the earth, He doesn’t tired or weary? His understanding can’t be measured.
40:29 He gives strength to the exhausted; and strengthens the powerless.
40:30 Youths may tire and be weary, and the young men may fall exhausted:
40:31 but those who hope in YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
will have renewed strength; they will soar aloft like with eagles’ wings; they will run, and not grow tired; and they shall walk and not grow tired.

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