1. What is the desire of God for his people? (vs. 1)

2. What are the reasons for comfort and relief in Jerusalem? (vs. 2)

3. What does the voice in the wilderness cry? (vs. 3)

4. What is to be revealed? (vs. 5)

6. What is all flesh compared to? (vs. 6)

7. In contrast to the grass, what is it that abides forever? (vs. 8)

8. Where should we then put our trust?

9. Who are the people not to be afraid to proclaim? (vs. 9)

10. To what is God compared? (vs. 10-11)

11. What has God done that others could not do? (vs. 12)

12. What are the nations called? (vs. 15)

13. How do all the nations together compare to God? (vs. 17)

14. To what does Isaiah contrast God? (vs. 18-19)

15. What does the poor man seek out? (vs. 20) For what purpose?

16. Has God revealed himself to humanity? (vs. 21)

17. Where does God sit? (vs. 22)

18. Who is in control of earth’s politics? (vs. 23)

19. What has God done that idols could not do? (vs. 25-26)

20. What was Israel’s worry? (vs. 27)

21. What does God not do? (vs. 28)

22. Who will faint and be weary, and utterly fall? (vs. 30)

23. What happens to those who wait for Jehovah? (vs. 31)

Isa. 40:3-5 the voice è Matt. 3:1-3; Mal. 3:1; Matt. 11:10-11

The highway, all flesh è Isa. 2:2-4; 11:10; 25:6-7; 52:10; Joel 2:28

Isa. 40:6 all flesh is as grass è 1 Pet. 1:24-25

Isa. 40:8 the word … abideth è Matt. 24:35; 1 John 2:17

Isa. 40:11 the shepherd è John 10:11, 14-16

Isa. 40:21 Have ye not known? è Isa. 37:26; Psa. 19:1; Acts 14:15-17; Rom. 1:18-20

Isa. 40:22 The circle of the earth è Prov. 8:27; Job 26:7

Isa. 40:23 That bringeth princes to nothing è Psa. 2:7-9; Acts 17:26