It is Elohim (God in three persons) who has proclaimed this. He does so in Isaiah 40 where he is foretelling of a time yet to come in which Jesus is King forever. God is Tireless, he does not faint nor grow weary. He is not slow in accomplishing all that he has promised. Yet, in His Merciful Grace, He waits until the ordained moment in time only known to the Father. Yet, this passage also speaks of Jesus who is Lord. He is also the creator of the ends of the earth as John proclaimed nothing was created apart from Him in John 1: 3 Therefore, Jesus is tireless as well. He never faints nor grows weary in pursuing all those whom are His.
After much of Isaiah describing the coming judgement for Israel, he speaks of the coming full restoration. Yes, he was speaking of the Assyrian overthrow of Israel and the Babylonian overthrow of Judah; but, also he referred to a future time. It is that future time that completes the cleansing of Israel once and for all. That is how when reading Isaiah 40 we must see not only the past moments of comfort, but also the future comfort that will not end.
God is Tireless in Proclaiming Hope and Comfort
“Comfort, yes, comfort My people!”
Says your God.
2 “Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her,
That her warfare is ended,
That her iniquity is pardoned;
For she has received from the Lord’s hand
Double for all her sins.” Isaiah 40 (NKJV)
Why would there be consideration that the Jewish nation would pay double for their transgression. They were the covenant people of God. No nation had been given more enlightenment as to God’s person than Israel at that time. Yet, often we see pagans worship God with more fervor than the chosen people of God. Was this not the case with Ruth? Or later the case with Nebuchadnezzar or Cyrus, both of which at minimum did acknowledge His sovereignty over the affairs of humanity? If you recall, even the city of Nineveh which was the center of Babylonian culture repented and were saved for a time until the next generation failed to worship God and they returned to their evil ways as a nation.
But are these words of comfort not for us as well? We did not replace the Jewish nation in God’s plan; but uniquely are grafted into the promises. Also, there is the warning as well. If we know Him as Lord and Savior, are we not to receive a greater earthly punishment when we stray? Although, rather than punishment, it is God’s chastisement to cause us to turn around before we destroy ourselves and our testimony.
God is Tireless—Jesus Foretold of
The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make straight in the desert
A highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough places smooth;
5 The glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
And all flesh shall see it together;
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” Isaiah 40
Even before the Babylonian exile, Isaiah wrote of the John the Baptist and Jesus’ birth. The Glory of the Lord shall be revealed! He came, he died, he rose again, where He is seated at the right hand of the Father awaiting the moment of His return. First to rapture His church and then to save Israel from the evil. It is during the tribulation that Israel will finally repent as a nation and trust wholly in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
Lift up your voice with strength,
Lift it up, be not afraid;
Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!”
10 Behold, the Lord God shall come with a strong hand,
And His arm shall rule for Him;
Behold, His reward is with Him,
And His work before Him. Isaiah 40 (NKJV)
As God is tireless, He will continue through the ages performing all His pleasure in caring, wooing, and providing for his own.
He will feed His flock like a shepherd;
He will gather the lambs with His arm,
And carry them in His bosom,
And gently lead those who are with young. Isaiah 40 (NKJV)
Do Not Doubt the Power of God
He has displayed His wisdom and power throughout all the ages of earth. His miracles have been on perfect display, if only we open our eyes to see.
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,
Measured heaven with a span
And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure?
Weighed the mountains in scales
And the hills in a balance? Isaiah 40 (NKJV)
God is tireless in directing the earth as well. He does not grow weary or faint.
13 Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord,
Or as His counselor has taught Him?
14 With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him,
And taught Him in the path of justice?
Who taught Him knowledge,
And showed Him the way of understanding? Isaiah 40 (NKJV)
God is all knowledge, truth, wisdom, and righteousness. He created it all from His own essence. No power on this earth can overtake Him.
15 Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket,
And are counted as the small dust on the scales Isaiah 40 (NKJV)
Can you doubt, fear or wonder about Him. Is there anything or anyone who can compare to Him?
18 To whom then will you liken God?
Or what likeness will you compare to Him?…
21 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. Isaiah 40 (NKJV)
God is tireless in His Watching Over the Nations
Although He may allow evil to rise for a time, He uses it to accomplish His perfect plan of Grace.
23 He brings the princes to nothing;
He makes the judges of the earth useless.
24 Scarcely shall they be planted,
Scarcely shall they be sown,
Scarcely shall their stock take root in the earth,
When He will also blow on them,
And they will wither,
And the whirlwind will take them away like stubble. Isaiah 40 (NKJV)
Therefore
25 “To whom then will you liken Me,
Or to whom shall I be equal?” says the Holy One.
26 Lift up your eyes on high,
And see who has created these things,
Who brings out their host by number;
He calls them all by name,
By the greatness of His might
And the strength of His power;
Not one is missing. Isaiah 40 (NKJV)
Every star in the heavens obey His command. They remain in their orbit by the hand of Jesus Christ.
17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.(Colossians 1:17 ESV)
28 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the Lord,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength. Isaiah 40 NKJV
Because God is tireless, neither shall we faint
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40 NKJV
We have no fear because we know who holds our hand.
The terrors that surround us are nothing compared to His strength and power to hold us.
Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
11 “Behold, all those who were incensed against you
Shall be ashamed and disgraced;
They shall be as nothing,
And those who strive with you shall perish.
12 You shall seek them and not find them—
Those who contended with you.
Those who war against you
Shall be as nothing,
As a nonexistent thing.
13 For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand,
Saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’ Isaiah 41 (NKJV)
The Plan for the Salvation of the Gentiles Outlined
Although we would have given up long ago on all this race of people, God is tireless in His pursuit. What He has proclaimed from the beginning, He has completed to the end.
Behold! My Servant whom I uphold,
My Elect One in whom My soul delights!
I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
2 He will not cry out, nor raise His voice,
Nor cause His voice to be heard in the street. Isaiah 42 (NKJV)
Jesus came for the broken and the downcast spirit. God is tireless in His pursuit of justice.
3 A bruised reed He will not break,
And smoking flax He will not quench;
He will bring forth justice for truth.
4 He will not fail nor be discouraged,
Till He has established justice in the earth;
And the coastlands shall wait for His law.” Isaiah 42 NKJV
And who is this we are to place our trust?
5 Thus says God the Lord,
Who created the heavens and stretched them out,(Do You Know)
Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it,
(He) Who gives breath to the people on it,
And spirit to those who walk on it: Isaiah 42 NKJV
He has called for His people to be a light in the world. Yet, this He will accomplish in you.
6 “I, the Lord, have called You in righteousness,
And will hold Your hand;
I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people,
As a light to the Gentiles,
7 To open blind eyes,
To bring out prisoners from the prison,
Those who sit in darkness from the prison house.
8 I am the Lord, that is My name;
And My glory I will not give to another,
Nor My praise to carved images.
9 Behold, the former things have come to pass,
And new things I declare;
Before they spring forth I tell you of them.” Isaiah 42 (NKJV)
God Tells of His plans for Israel both past, present and future
Isaiah 43 foretells of the return of prosperity to the nation of Israel as well as strength. Many of these prophecies have been fulfilled since 1962. God is preparing a way for the ultimate redemption of the Jewish nation and the completion of His covenant promises. Forever, He is tireless in His work throughout the ages and today.
10 Sing to the Lord a new song,
And His praise from the ends of the earth,
You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,
You coastlands and you inhabitants of them!
11 Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice…,
Let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory to the Lord,
And declare His praise in the coastlands.
13 The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man;
He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war.
(And) He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud;
He shall prevail against His enemies. Isaiah 42 (NKJV)
Although it appears He is Tarrying Long, God is Tireless
14 “I have held My peace a long time,
I have been still and restrained Myself.
Now I will cry like a woman in labor,
I will pant and gasp at once. (Isaiah 42 NKJV)
Just as the earth is like a woman in travail, God will cry out against injustice. He sees all that is happening and will return when the time is right. Then, He says at that time, concerning Israel He has said,
15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills,
And dry up all their vegetation;
I will make the rivers coastlands,
And I will dry up the pools.
16 I will bring the blind by a way they did not know;
I will lead them in paths they have not known.
I will make darkness light before them,
And crooked places straight.
These things I will do for them,
And not forsake them.
17 They shall be turned back,
They shall be greatly ashamed,
Who trust in carved images,
Who say to the molded images,
‘You are our gods.’ Isaiah 42 NKJV
God is Tireless As He Prepares The Way
Isaiah 43 foretells of the return of prosperity to the nation of Israel as well as strength. God is preparing a way for their ultimate redemption and the completion of His covenant promises. He is tireless in His work throughout the ages and today.
6 “Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel,
And his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
‘I am the First and I am the Last;
Besides Me there is no God.
7 And who can proclaim as I do?
Then let him declare it and set it in order for Me,
Since I appointed the ancient people.
And the things that are coming and shall come,
Let them show these to them.
8 Do not fear, nor be afraid;
Have I not told you from that time, and declared it?
You are My witnesses.
Is there a God besides Me?
Indeed there is no other Rock;
I know not one.’” Isaiah 44 NKJV
Jesus Came, He Lived, He Died, He rose, and He is coming Again
So together in one voice let us read the conclusions in how God is tireless and therefore, we have nothing to worry, though all around us falls apart.
Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
3 He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.4 Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we ]esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
For He was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
9 And they made His grave with the wicked—
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was any deceit in His mouth.10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.
11 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.
By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
Because He poured out His soul unto death,
And He was numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors.Isaiah 53
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