Isaiah 40:21 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 40:21

Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?

BSB

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ASV

Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

KJV

Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Vers. 21 seqq.) Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been announced to you from the beginning? Have you not understood the foundations of the earth? He sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like locusts. He spreads out the heavens like nothing, and expands them as a tent to dwell in. He makes secret things known as if they were not. He has made the rulers of the earth as nothing. They are not planted, nor are they sown, nor do their roots take hold in the earth.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This is understood not only ever since the beginning of the world, but from and by the origin of the universe. It is founded upon the foundation of the earth. The invisible things of God are clearly seen from the creation of the world, Rom. i.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Have ye not known? - This is evidently an address to the worshippers of idols, and either designed to be addressed to the Jews themselves in the times of Manasseh, when idolatry abounded, or to all idolaters. The prophet had in the previous verses shown the manner in which the idols were made, and the folly of regarding them as objects of worship. He now turns and addresses the worshippers of these idols, as being without excuse. They might have known that these were not the true God.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֲל֤וֹא	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
תֵֽדְעוּ֙	te.de.'U	do you know	H3045 →
הֲל֣וֹא	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
תִשְׁמָ֔עוּ	tish.Ma.'u	do you hear	H8085 →
הֲל֛וֹא	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
הֻגַּ֥ד	hu.Gad	has it been told	H5046 →
מֵרֹ֖אשׁ	me.Rosh	from [the] beginning	H7218 →
לָכֶ֑ם	la.Khem	to you
הֲלוֹא֙	ha.lO'	¿ not	H3808 →
הֲבִ֣ינֹתֶ֔ם	ha.Vi.no.Tem	have you understood	H995 →
מוֹסְד֖וֹת	mos.Dot	[the] foundations of	H4146 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 48:13
Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
leads to
- Psalms 102:25
  In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
- Hebrews 1:10–12
  And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
- Exodus 20:11
  For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath…
- Isaiah 45:18
  For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be…
- Isaiah 40:26
  Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one…
Through
Acts 14:17
Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
leads to
- Romans 1:19–20
  For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
Through
Psalms 50:6
And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
leads to
- Psalms 97:6
  The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.
- Psalms 89:5
  The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.

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About Isaiah

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Isaiah