Isaiah 40:28

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh speaks to Jacob and Israel, who in the preceding verse have declared that their way is hidden from God and their claim ignored. This is the opening declaration of the comfort section (Isaiah 40–55), directed at exilic despair.

The words — עוֹלָם (o.Lam), "perpetuity," modifies אֱלֹהֵי to produce "God of perpetuity" rather than a simple adjective "everlasting." The term carries the sense of unbounded duration, not merely long duration.

The thread — Psalms 147:5 affirms God's understanding has no limit; Romans 11:33 calls His judgments unsearchable; 1 Timothy 1:17 titles Him "King eternal."

Why it lands — The verse removes the premise that God is a finite being who can be outlasted or outthought. It asks the reader to stop measuring God by human limits and to reckon with a Creator who does not deplete.

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The Hebrew words

הֲל֨וֹאha./Lo'¿/ not יָדַ֜עְתָּya.Da'.tado you know אִם־'im-or?לֹ֣אlo'not שָׁמַ֗עְתָּsha.Ma'.tahave you heard אֱלֹהֵ֨י'e.lo.Hei[is] a God of עוֹלָ֤ם׀o.Lamperpetuity יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahweh בּוֹרֵא֙bo.Re'[the one who] created קְצ֣וֹתke.Tzot[the] ends of הָאָ֔רֶץha./'A.retzthe/ earth לֹ֥אlo'not יִיעַ֖ףyi.'Afhe grows weary וְלֹ֣אve./Lo'and/ not יִיגָ֑עyi.Ga'he becomes weary אֵ֥ין'einthere not חֵ֖קֶרChe.ker[is] inquiry לִתְבוּנָתֽוֹ׃li/t.vu.na.T/oto/ understanding/ his

King James Version

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

Cross-references

Romans 11:33 O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
Psalms 147:5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
1 Timothy 1:17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Isaiah 55:8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
Philippians 1:6 being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Isaiah 40:21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?
1 Corinthians 2:16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
Genesis 21:33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.
Luke 24:25 Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Jeremiah 4:22 “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”