21Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-26)The prophet here reproves those, 1. Who represented God by creatures, and so changed his truth into a lie and his glory into shame, who made images and then said that they resembled God, and paid their homage to them accordingly. 2. Who put creatures in the place of God, who feared them more than God, as if they were a match for him, or loved them more than God, as if they were fit to be rivals wi…
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.