Isaías 40:25-31

25 «¿Con quién me compararán?
¿Quién es igual a mí?», pregunta el Santo.

26 Levanten la mirada a los cielos.
¿Quién creó todas las estrellas?
Él las hace salir como un ejército, una tras otra,
y llama a cada una por su nombre.
A causa de su gran poder y su incomparable fuerza,
no se pierde ni una de ellas.

27 Oh Jacob, ¿cómo puedes decir que el Señor
no ve tus dificultades?
Oh Israel, ¿cómo puedes decir que Dios no toma en cuenta tus derechos?

28 ¿Acaso nunca han oído?
¿Nunca han entendido?
El Señor
es el Dios eterno,
el Creador de toda la tierra.
Él nunca se debilita ni se cansa;
nadie puede medir la profundidad de su entendimiento.

29 Él da poder a los indefensos
y fortaleza a los débiles.

30 Hasta los jóvenes se debilitan y se cansan,
y los hombres jóvenes caen exhaustos.

31 En cambio, los que confían en el Señor
encontrarán nuevas fuerzas;
volarán alto, como con alas de águila.
Correrán y no se cansarán;
caminarán y no desmayarán.

Isaías 40:25-31 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.