968 matching verse commentaries
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: We sometimes wish that we were as young as some, and that we had all their overflowing spirit — all the effervescence of their juvenile ardor. Ah, well! we need not wish for it, for mere mortal power shall droop...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Even the youths— With all their vigor: “Even the youths”— Isa_40:30. Shall faint and be weary, and the young men— Though more confirmed in strength: “the young men”—
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; That is their first mode of progression, in which, perhaps, there is more flight than is good for them: “They shall mount up with wings as eagles;”—
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They shall run, and not be weary; That is an improvement upon the flying; but they shall still further improve their pace, for running is not the best pace at which a man can go. Enoch did not run with God, but he walked with him; and so, as we grow in grace, we shall advance, from flying to running, and from running to walking. This is the wise,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; That is very much when they begin. They are all for flying; and God gives them a glorious flight, land they are so happy and so delighted. But they will do better than that. Isa_40:31. They shall run, and not be weary; Is that better than flying?...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. He challenges them to a debate. He gives them breathing time — bids them prepare themselves, and come with the best arguments that their minds could find.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. God invites people to argue with him. He bids them first “listen” to him, and then speak to him. They had been worshipping idols, so the Lord shows them that the idols are nothing, and that all...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? He gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. Who was it that raised up Cyrus, and who made him strong...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his east, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. These words are supposed to allude to Cyrus, who came...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. Long before Cyrus was born, God thus spoke of him. It is declared what work he should do. What better proof could there be that God is God? Do the false gods foretell the future? Are their oracles to be depended upon? Yet...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. They helped every one his neighbour; and ever one said to his brother, Be of good courage. So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. When men fight against God, they get united. What a very sad thing it is that God’s children should ever fall out. There is one sin that I never heard charged upon the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. What a sarcastic description of god-making this is! There is the carpenter, and then the goldsmith to spread the plates of gold over the wood,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. The people of Israel were reserved by God that they might worship him. While...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But thou, Israel, art my servant, You do not worship idols; you worship Jehovah, the living and true God. Isa_41:8. Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. What a title for God to give to a man, “Abraham my friend”! Could not we also endeavor to get into God’s friendship, where Abraham was; to trust and love God much; to talk with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom l have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. Let us, for the time being, forget the people to whom this message was addressed, and see whether it might not be spoken to ourselves. Come, my friend, art thou truly God’s servant? Dost thou delight to do his will, and to walk in his ways? If so, then thou...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. To many here this verse will come home very sweetly. God is your God. and you are God’s servants. he has chosen you; he will never repent of his choice; his election is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. May the Lord just now say that to each one of you who are his servants! Especially, may he say the latter part of it, “I have not cast thee away”! Many times, he might...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: What cause for fear now? If I am with thee, thou needest not fear all the men on earth, nor all the demons of the pit. Fear thou not, for I am with thee.” Isa_41:10. Be not dismayed; for I am thy God: “Thy God.” Lay the stress there if you will, or “thy God, therefore thine all-sufficient helper — thine...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Behold all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee:...