Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted;
30. The youths are wearied and faint. By this comparison the Prophet illustrates more powerfully what he had formerly said, that the strength which God imparts to his elect is invincible and unwearied; for men’s strength easily fails, but God’s strength never fails.
These captives shame themselves by their own words. They bear the names Jacob and Israel from one who found God faithful in all straits, yet now they speak as if the Lord ignores their case. It is bad to harbor such thoughts in the mind; it is worse to speak them aloud and make them doctrine.
AI summary
Commenting on Isaiah 40:27-31
But they that wait upon the Lord,.... As children on their parents, to do them honour, to obey their commands, and receive food and blessings from them; as servants on their masters, to know their pleasure, do their work, and have their wages; as clients on their patrons, to have advice of them, put their cause into their hands, and know how it goes; and...