Isaiah 40:27 (GNV)

Passage

Why sayest thou, O Iaakob, and speakest O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my iudgement is passed ouer of my God?

Nearby Context

Isaiah 40:25 To whom nowe will ye liken me, that I should be like him, saith the Holy one?

Isaiah 40:26 Lift vp your eyes on hie, and beholde who hath created these things, and bringeth out their armies by nomber, and calleth them all by names? by the greatnesse of his power and mightie strength nothing faileth.

Isaiah 40:27 Why sayest thou, O Iaakob, and speakest O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my iudgement is passed ouer of my God?

Isaiah 40:28 Knowest thou not? or hast thou not heard, that the euerlasting God, the Lord hath created the endes of the earth? he neither fainteth, nor is wearie: there is no searching of his vnderstanding.

Isaiah 40:29 But he giueth strength vnto him that fainteth, and vnto him that hath no strength, he encreaseth power.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sayest", "thou", "iaakob", "speakest", "israel", "lord", "iudgement", and "passed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sayest" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "Lift vp your eyes on hie and..." into verse 28's "Knowest thou not or hast thou not...", so "sayest" and "thou" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sayest" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.