Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 40:22

22. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth , and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers , that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in :

As a Judge or Governour upon his Throne:

Or, above the Circle, &c. far above this round Earth, ever in the highest Heavens; from whence he looketh down upon the Earth, where men appear to him like Grashoppers. He alludes to one that looks down upon the Earth below him from some very high place. As here we have the Circle of the Earth, so elsewhere we read of the Circle of Heaven, Ioh 22. 14. and of the Circle of the Deep, or Sea, Prov. 8. 27. because the form of the Heaven, and Earth, and Sea is circular or round, as is evident both from Sense, and from the Principles of Philosophy.

Small and Contemptible in his sight. Compare Numb. 13. 33.

For the benefit of the Earth and of Mankind, that all parts might partake of its comfortable influences. See on Iob. 9. 8. Psal. 104. 2.

Marginal references: Or, him that sitteth▪ &c.; Job 9. 8. Psal. 104. 2. Chap, 44. 24. Jer. 10. 12.