Verš 3
The voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight the paths of our God, in a solitary place.
Mt 3:3 - For this is the one who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, saying: “A voice crying out in the desert: Prepare the way of the Lord. Make straight his paths.”
Mk 1:3 - The voice of one crying out in the desert: Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight his paths.”
Lk 3:4 - just as it has been written in the book of the sermons of the prophet Isaiah: “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord. Make straight his paths.
Jn 1:23 - He said, “I am a voice crying out in the desert, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ just as the prophet Isaiah said.”
Verš 5
And the glory of the Lord will be revealed. And all flesh together will see that the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
Jn 1:14 - And the Word became flesh, and he lived among us, and we saw his glory, glory like that of an only-begotten son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Verš 6
The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” And I said, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
Jób 14:2 - He comes forth like a flower, and is crushed, and he flees, as if a shadow, and never remains in the same state.
Ž 90:5 - His truth will surround you with a shield. You will not be afraid: before the terror of the night,
Ž 102:11 - For according to the height of the heavens above the earth, so has he reinforced his mercy toward those who fear him.
Ž 103:15 - and wine, in order to cheer the heart of man. Then he may gladden his face with oil, and bread will confirm the heart of man.
Jak 1:10 - and a rich one, in his humiliation, for he will pass away like the flower of the grass.
1Pt 1:24 - For all flesh is like the grass and all its glory is like the flower of the grass. The grass withers and its flower falls away.
Verš 8
The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. But the Word of our Lord remains for eternity.”
1Pt 1:25 - But the Word of the Lord endures for eternity. And this is the Word that has been evangelized to you.
Verš 10
Behold, the Lord God will arrive in strength, and his arm will rule. Behold, his reward is with him, and his work is before him.
Iz 62:11 - Behold, the Lord has caused it to be heard to the ends of the earth. Tell the daughter of Zion: “Behold, your Saviour approaches! Behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.”
Verš 11
He will pasture his flock like a shepherd. He will gather together the lambs with his arm, and he will lift them up to his bosom, and he himself will carry the very young.
Ez 34:23 - And I will raise up over them ONE SHEPHERD, who will feed them, my servant David. He himself will feed them, and he will be their shepherd.
Mi 7:14 - With your rod, pasture your people, the flock of your inheritance, living alone in the narrow forest, in the midst of Carmel. They will graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the ancient days.
Jn 10:11 - I am the good Shepherd. The good Shepherd gives his life for his sheep.
Iz 49:10 - They will not hunger or thirst, nor will the heat of the sun beat down upon them. For the one who takes pity on them will rule them, and he will give them to drink from fountains of waters.
Verš 13
Who has assisted the Spirit of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor and has revealed things to him?
Rim 11:34 - For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?
1Kor 2:16 - For who has known the mind of the Lord, so that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
Verš 17
All the nations in his sight are as if they did not exist, and they are considered by him as if they were nothingness and emptiness.
Dan 4:35 -
Verš 18
Therefore, to whom would you liken God? Or with what image would you replace him?
Iz 46:5 - To whom would you likened me, or equate me, or compare me, or consider me to be similar?
Sk 17:29 - Therefore, since we are of the family of God, we must not consider gold or silver or precious stones, or the engravings of art and of the imagination of man, to be a representation of what is Divine.
Verš 22
He is the One who sits upon the globe of the earth, and its inhabitants are like locusts. He extends the heavens as if they were nothing, and he spreads them out like a tent, in which to dwell.
Jób 9:8 - He alone extends the heavens, and he walks upon the waves of the sea.
Ž 104:2 - Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders.
Iz 44:24 - Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and your Maker from the womb: I am the Lord, who makes all things, who alone extends the heavens, who makes the earth firm. And there is no one with me.
Verš 23
He has brought those who examine what is secret to nothingness. He has brought the judges of the earth to emptiness.
Jób 12:21 - He pours distain upon the leaders, relieving those who had been oppressed.
Ž 107:40 -
Verš 28
Do you not know, or have you not heard? The Lord is the eternal God, who has created the limits of the earth. He does not diminish, and he does not struggle. Neither is his wisdom searchable.
Ž 147:5 - He provides snow like wool. He strews clouds like ashes.
Iz 40,1 - 40 – 66. V hl. 39 predpovedal prorok babylonské zajatie. To bolo potrebné pre porozumenie ďalších hláv (40 – 66), pretože sa v nich hneď od začiatku predpokladá toto zajatie. Cieľom týchto proroctiev je tešiť zajatcov, že sa vyslobodia. Tým sa však cieľ Knihy nevyčerpáva. Vyslobodenie Izraelitov z babylonského zajatia je len predobraz oslobodenia celého ľudského pokolenia z moci diablovej; spása, ktorej je pôvodcom perzský kráľ Kýros (pozri bližšie v úvode k tomuto prorokovi), je len predobraz spásy, ktorej pôvodcom bol Mesiáš, Ježiš Kristus. – Hl. 40 je predslov k týmto proroctvám.
Iz 40,1-5 - Boh pripravuje spásu ľudstva. Obraz verša 3 vzal prorok zo zvyku, že hlásateľ oznamoval príchod panovníka a staral sa, aby cesty, ktorými bude kráčať kráľ, boli urovnané a schodné. Boh odstránil všetky prekážky, ktoré jeho ľud postretnú na ceste, po ktorej sa bude vracať zo zajatia.
Iz 40,6 - Ľudská zloba neprekazí spásonosné Božie úmysly.
Iz 40,11 - Boh je dobrý k svojmu ľudu ako pastier k svojim ovečkám.
Iz 40,16 - Všetko nádherné cédrové a cyprusové drevo a všetka zverina pohoria v pomere k Božej velebnosti by bola iba nepomerne malá obeta. Tým sa, pravda, neodsudzujú starozákonné obety, len sa pripomína ich nedostatočnosť.
Iz 40,21 - Izraeliti mali chápať, že len Jahve je Boh.
Iz 40,26 - Izraelitom zajatým v Babylone mohlo by však prísť azda pokušenie, že sú hviezdy mocnejšie než Jahve. Hoci modloslužobná úcta hviezd bola aj inde rozšírená, prvenstvo patrí Babylonu. Tam bolo hvezdárstvo najviac rozšírené, preto tam aj kult hviezd mal najvýhodnejšiu pôdu (porov. 47,13). K Bohu však nemožno prirovnať ani hviezdy, veď: "Ktože ich stvoril?"
