Isaiah 40:27-31

Isaiah 40:27-31

[27] 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?  [28] Hast thou not known?  hast thou not heard,  that the everlasting  God,  the LORD,  the Creator  of the ends  of the earth,  fainteth  not, neither is weary?  there is no searching  of his understanding.  [29] He giveth  power  to the faint;  and to them that have no might  he increaseth  strength.  [30] Even the youths  shall faint  and be weary,  and the young men  shall utterly  [31] But they that wait  upon the LORD  shall renew  their strength;  they shall mount up  with wings  as eagles;  they shall run,  and not be weary;  and not faint. 

What does Isaiah 40:27-31 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Isaiah now applied this knowledge of God to the discouraging prospect that the Judahites faced, namely: Babylonian captivity (cf. Isaiah 39:6). Even though Isaiah spoke to the nation from the perspective of the captivity being past, he still addressed his pre-exilic contemporaries. He encouraged them by pointing to the sufficiency of their God. Since the Creator knows the name of everything in His complex creation, how could Hebrews , the God of Israel, possibly forget His covenant people? Since He is as powerful as He Isaiah , how could He be incapable of helping them?