Text -- Isaiah 40:5 (NET)

40:5 The splendor of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it at the same time. For the Lord has decreed it.”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 40:5

¹ tn Or “glory.” The Lord’s “glory” is his theophanic radiance and royal splendor (see Isa 6:3; 24:23; 35:2; 60:1; 66:18-19).

² tn Heb “flesh” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NAB, NIV “mankind”; TEV “the whole human race.”

³ tn Or “indeed.”

⁴ tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord has spoken” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).