Isaías 40:4-14

4 Todo valle sea alzado, y todo monte y collado bájese; y lo torcido se enderece; y lo áspero se allane

5 Y la gloria del SEÑOR se manifestará; y toda carne juntamente la verá; porque la boca del SEÑOR habló

6 Voz que decía: Da voces. Y yo respondí: ¿Qué tengo que decir a voces? Toda carne es hierba, y toda su misericordia como la flor abierta del campo

7 La hierba se seca, y la flor abierta se cae; porque el Espíritu del SEÑOR sopló en ella. Ciertamente hierba es el pueblo

8 Se seca la hierba, se cae la flor abierta; mas la palabra del Dios nuestro permanece para siempre

9 Súbete sobre un monte alto, oh Sion anunciadora; levanta fuertemente tu voz anunciadora de Jerusalén; levántala, no temas. Di a las ciudades de Judá: ¡Veis aquí el Dios vuestro

10 He aquí, que el Señor DIOS vendrá con fortaleza; y su brazo se enseñoreará. He aquí que su salario viene con él, y su obra delante de su rostro

11 Como pastor apacentará su rebaño; en su brazo cogerá los corderos, y en su seno los llevará; pastoreará suavemente a las paridas

12 ¿Quién midió las aguas con su puño; y aderezó los cielos con su palmo; y con tres dedos apañó el polvo de la tierra; y pesó los montes con balanza, y los collados con peso

13 ¿Quién enseñó al Espíritu del SEÑOR, o le aconsejó enseñándole

14 ¿A quién demandó consejo para ser avisado? ¿Quién le enseñó el camino del juicio, o le enseñó ciencia, o le mostró la senda de la inteligencia

Isaías 40:4-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 40

This chapter treats of the comforts of God's people; of the forerunner and coming of the Messiah; of his work, and the dignity of his person; of the folly of making idols, and of the groundless complaints of the church of God. The consolations of God's people, by whom to be administered, and the matter, ground, and reason of them, Isa 40:1,2. John the Baptist, the harbinger of Christ, is described by his work and office, and the effects of it; it issuing in the humiliation of some, and the exaltation of others, and in the revelation of the glory of Christ, Isa 40:3-5, then follows an order to every minister of the Gospel what he should preach and publish; the weakness and insufficiency of men to anything that is spiritually good; their fading and withering goodliness, which is to be ascribed to the blowing of the Spirit of God upon it; and the firmness and constancy of the word of God is declared, Isa 40:6-8, next the apostles of Christ in Jerusalem are particularly exhorted to publish fervently and openly the good tidings of the Gospel; to proclaim the coming of Christ, the manner of it, and the work he came about; and to signify his faithful discharge of his office as a shepherd, Isa 40:9-11, the dignity of whose person is set forth by his almighty power, by his infinite wisdom, and by the greatness of his majesty, in comparison of which all nations and things are as nothing, Isa 40:12-17 and then the vanity of framing any likeness to God, and of forming idols for worship, is observed, Isa 40:18-25, and from the consideration of the divine power in creation and upholding all things, the church of God is encouraged to expect renewed strength and persevering grace, and is blamed for giving way to a distrustful and murmuring spirit, Isa 40:26-31.