Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 40:15

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15. 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 Exodus 16:14- : ). However, English Version, "isles" answers well to "mountains" ( Exodus 16:14- : ), 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 ( Exodus 16:14- : ) to intelligent, as nations and lands, that is, their inhabitants. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-16" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-isa-40-005

절 (explains)

bible-text/isa-40-15

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological