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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comTreasury Of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 40:11 - 40:11
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feed: Isa 49:9-10, Isa 63:11; Gen 49:24; Psa 23:1-6, Psa 78:71-72, Psa 80:1; Eze 34:12-14; Eze 34:23, Eze 34:31, Eze 37:24; Mic 5:4; Joh 10:11-16; Heb 13:20; 1Pe 2:25; 1Pe 5:4; Rev 7:17
he shall gather: Isa 42:3; Gen 33:13; Eze 34:16; Joh 21:15-17; 1Co 3:1-2
shall gently lead: A beautiful image, as Bp. Lowth remarks, expressive of the tender attention of the shepherd to his flock. That the greatest care in driving the cattle, in regard to the dams and their young, was necessary, appears clearly from Jacob's apology to his brother Esau, Gen 33:13; which is set in a still stronger light by the following remarks of Sir J. Chardin: "Their flocks feed down the places of their encampments so quick, by the great numbers that they have, that they are obliged to remove them often, which is very destructive to their flocks, on account of the young ones, who have not strength enough to follow."
are with young: or, give suck