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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 40:22 - 40:22
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It is he - rather, connected with last verse, “Have ye not known?” - have ye not understood Him that sitteth ...? (Isa 40:26) [Maurer].
circle - applicable to the globular form of the earth, above which, and the vault of sky around it, He sits. For “upon” translate “above.”
as grasshoppers - or locusts in His sight (Num 13:33), as He looks down from on high (Psa 33:13, Psa 33:14; Psa 113:4-6).
curtain - referring to the awning which the Orientals draw over the open court in the center of their houses as a shelter in rain or hot weather.