Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
of—rather, (hanging) from a bucket [MAURER].
he taketh up . . . as a very little thing—rather, "are as a mere grain of dust which is taken up," namely, by the wind; literally, "one taketh up," impersonally (Exodus 16:14) [MAURER].
isles—rather, "lands" in general, answering to "the nations" in the parallel clause; perhaps lands, like Mesopotamia, enclosed by rivers [JEROME] (so Isaiah 42:15). However, English Version, "isles" answers well to "mountains" (Isaiah 40:12), both alike being lifted up by the power of God; in fact, "isles" are mountains upheaved from the bed of the sea by volcanic agency; only that he seems here to have passed from unintelligent creatures (Isaiah 40:12) to intelligent, as nations and lands, that is, their inhabitants.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 40:15:
Isaiah 40:6
Isaiah 40:12
Daniel 4:35
Acts 17:25
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