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Isaiah 40:23
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21 aHave 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? 
22 It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who astretches out the heavens like a curtain,
And spreads them out like a btent to dwell in. 
23 He1 brings the aprinces to nothing;
He makes the judges of the earth useless. 
24 Scarcely shall they be planted,
Scarcely shall they be sown,
Scarcely shall their stock take root in the earth,
When He will also blow on them,
And they will wither,
And the whirlwind will take them away like stubble.
25 “Toa whom then will you liken Me,
Or to whom shall I be equal?” says the Holy One. 
26 Lift up your eyes on high,
And see who has created these things,
Who brings out their host by number;
aHe calls them all by name,
By the greatness of His might
And the strength of His power;
Not one is missing. 
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What Does Isaiah 40:23 Mean?



Isaiah 40:12-31

Making and worshipping an idol is foolishness and a lie, because a manmade image can never truthfully represent the Eternal God. For a son of God, worshipping idols is irrational (Acts 17:29); to look to something physical as important or more important than God defies all wisdom. The way the world looks to physical objects is superstition (e.g., good luck charms, religious crosses, shrines).

Martin G. Collins
The Second Commandment

Related Topics: False Concept of God | False Image of God | Good Luck Charms | Idol | Idolatry | Image and Likeness of God | Manmade Image | Religious Crosses | Second Commandment | Shrines | Superstition | The Second Commandment | Worshipping Idols | Worshipping Things




Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Isaiah 40:23:

Amos 3:7
Matthew 24:36
1 Corinthians 13:8
1 Corinthians 13:8


 
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