Doubt and Encouragement
Isaiah 40:27-31
Why say you, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?…


Israel had suffered inexile so long that there were many who thought that their case had escaped God's eye, and that their "judgment" (i.e. their cause) had passed beyond His notice: the prophet replies, Jehovah is no local, limited God, as you imagine; His power embraces Babylon not less than Palestine; His strength is not exhausted; "there is no searching of His understanding" — some inscrutable purpose must guide Him in delaying, if He do delay, the redemption of His people; only continue to trust!

(Prof. S. R. Driver, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: 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?

WEB: Why do you say, Jacob, and speak, Israel, "My way is hidden from Yahweh, and the justice due me is disregarded by my God?"




Despondency Reproved
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