Isa 40:22 | JFB | STEP | 22. It is he-- rather, connected with last verse, "Have ye not known?"--have ye not understood Him that sitteth ...? ( ) [Maurer]. circle-- applicable to the globular form of the earth, above which, and the vault of sky around it, He sits. For "upon" translate "above." as grasshoppers-- or locusts in His sight ( ), as He looks down from on high ( , ; ). curtain-- referring to the awning which the Orientals draw over the open court in the center of their houses as a shelter in rain or hot weather.

‏ Isaiah 40:22

22. It is he--rather, connected with last verse, "Have ye not known?"--have ye not understood Him that sitteth ...? (Is 40:26) [Maurer].

circle--applicable to the globular form of the earth, above which, and the vault of sky around it, He sits. For "upon" translate "above."

as grasshoppers--or locusts in His sight (Nu 13:33), as He looks down from on high (Psa 33:13, 14; 113:4-6).

curtain--referring to the awning which the Orientals draw over the open court in the center of their houses as a shelter in rain or hot weather.