Mount Up With Wings as Eagles

Isaiah 40:28–31 (Hebrew Bible / Old Testament)

First attested

540 BCEPreserved in the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa) from Qumran and Masoretic manuscripts.

Claimed

700 BCEasserted by Traditional single-author attribution to Isaiah son of Amoz in 8th-century BCE Jerusalem

The claim runs about 200 years ahead of the evidence.

“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? He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”

King James Version (Isaiah 40:28–29, 31)

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A prophetic promise of renewed strength and soaring renewal for the weary spirit.

Opening the majestic prophecies of Second Isaiah composed during the Babylonian exile, Isaiah 40 offers profound cosmic comfort to a demoralized and weary people. The prophet contrasts the unwearied majesty of the Creator of the ends of the earth with the fleeting frailty of mortal youths. For those who wait patiently and trust in the Lord, divine strength is infused into their soul, allowing them to soar effortlessly upon eagle wings, run without growing weary, and walk without fainting.