Bible Strands
Isaiah 40:5
And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks through Isaiah at the opening of the comfort oracle (ch. 40), extending the scope of the coming revelation beyond Israel to all humanity. The clause "for the mouth of the LORD has spoken" functions as a divine warrant closing the preparation passage (vv. 3–4).
The words — בָּשָׂר (ba.Sar, "flesh") for all humanity, paired with יַחְדָּו (yach.Dav, "together"), collapses national and individual distinctions into a single collective act of seeing.
The thread — The same universal scope appears in Habakkuk 2:14 (the earth filled with knowledge of the LORD's glory) and Isaiah 52:10 (all the ends of the earth see His salvation).
Why it lands — The verse removes the option of partial or private revelation; "all flesh together" places the reader inside the collective, not outside it as observer.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Cross-references
- Habakkuk 2:14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
- Isaiah 52:10 The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
- Joel 2:28 And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
- Luke 3:6 And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
- Psalms 72:19 And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
- Isaiah 6:3 And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
- Isaiah 11:9 They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
- Acts 2:17 ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.