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11 He will afeed His flock like a shepherd;
He will gather the lambs with His arm,
And carry them in His bosom,
And gently lead those who are with young. 
12 aWho has measured the1 waters in the hollow of His hand,
Measured heaven with a1 span
And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure?
Weighed the mountains in scales
And the hills in a balance? 
13 aWho has directed the Spirit of the Lord,
Or as His counselor has taught Him? 
14 With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him,
And ataught Him in the path of justice?
Who taught Him knowledge,
And showed Him the way of understanding? 
15 Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket,
And are counted as the small dust on the scales;
Look, He lifts up the isles as a very little thing.
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,
Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering.
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Isaiah 40:13

Quoted in Romans 11:34; I Corinthians 2:16. The Hebrew here for "directed" is the same as in Isaiah 40:12 for "meted out"; thus the sense is, "Jehovah measures out heaven with His span"; but who can measure Him? that is, Who can search out His Spirit (mind) wherewith He searches out and accurately adjusts all things? MAURER rightly takes the Hebrew in the same sense as in Isaiah 40:12 (so Proverbs 16:2; Proverbs 21:2), "weigh," "ponder." "Direct," as in English Version, answers, however, better to "taught" in the parallel clause.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 40:13:

Job 21:22
Job 36:22-25
Romans 11:34-35
1 Corinthians 2:16

 

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