A majestic hymn to God's constancy and human hope
"Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is God from of old, creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary, and his knowledge is beyond scrutiny. He gives power to the faint, abundant strength to the weak. Though young men faint and grow weary, and youths stagger and fall, they that hope in the LORD will renew their strength, they will soar on eagles’ wings; they will run and not grow weary, walk and not grow faint." (Isaiah 40:28–31) This majestic passage from the Book of Isaiah speaks with poetic grandeur and deep theological conviction to a people worn down by exile, doubt, and fatigue. The prophet, in rhetorical brilliance, begins with a question that is both admonition and consolation: “Do you not know? Have you not heard?” These are not mere informational inquiries but a summons to remember, to reclaim the foundational truths of faith—the eternal and sustaining presence of God. The LORD, unlike mortal beings, is not subject to fatigue or limit...