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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, Not a bucketful, but just a drop that remains in the bucket after you thought it had been completely emptied. Isa_40:15. And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Remember that this is said of “the nations.” China, India, Europe, Africa, with all their teeming multitudes, are only like the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. And Lebanon With all its forests of cedar: “Lebanon” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Is not sufficient to burn, Think of all the cedars of Lebanon as being on a blaze, like some great forest fire, yet not being sufficient to supply the wood for God’s altars. Isa_40:16. Nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. Whether it be the wild or the tame beasts that are on that mountain range, they are not sufficient for a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? Now, children of God, do not miss the meaning of this passage by saying that it relates to the heathen. True, it does; but not to them alone, When the heathen liken God to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. As if they were the mere shadow of something, and had no more influence over him than as if they did not exist.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To whom then will ye liken God? This is a strong argument against idolatry, against the worship of God under any visible form whatsoever: “To whom then will ye liken God?” Isa_40:18. Or what likeness will ye compare unto him? The heathen did make these supposed likenesses of God. Here is a description of the process by which they manufactured...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation— No precious metal,—
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, The rough metal is cast in a certain fashion, and then the goldsmith puts on it his thin plates of gold, Isa_40:19. And casteth silver chains. To adorn it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. 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? It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation — The poor man, who cannot manage to make a god of gold, Isa_40:20. Chooseth a tree that will not rot; A good piece of heart of oak or enduring elm. Isa_40:20. He seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. Fix it firmly, drive the post down far into the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations or the earth? It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That bringeth...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might; for that he is strong in power; not one faileth. There is no other power that hangs yon lamps of heaven in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth. Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? You see, it is another form of that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And behold who hath created these things, These wondrous worlds, these stars that bespangle the firmament. Isa_40:26. That bringeth out their host by number: For God knows the number of them all, and the name of every separate world that moves in the vast expanse of space. Isa_40:26. He calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? What! when he has not forgotten one of all those mighty hosts of stars, and when not a sparrow falleth to the ground without his notice, how can you dream that he has forgotten you, or that your way is hidden from him?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? He forgets no star amongst the myriads, no creature amongst the multitudes. He has marked in his book the track of every single atom of air, and every particle of dust, and every drop of spray, and how canst thou be forgotten?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hast thou not know? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint;— Come now, faint heart, and swoon away at his feet. Come to him in all your weakness; do not try to conceal it, but trust him to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint: He loves to pour out into empty vessels. He does not give his power to the strong, but “he giveth power to the faint,” and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And to them that have no might he increaseth strength. What a mercy it is to have no might that God may increase our strength! What a curse it is to be so strong in yourself that you do not go to the Strong for strength!