Isaiah 40:31 (KJV): meaning and how to memorise it

What Isaiah 40:31 says

God gives power to the weak. Those who wait upon the Lord renew their strength. They mount up with wings as eagles.

Isaiah 40:31 in context

²⁸Hast 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? there is no searching of his understanding. ²⁹He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. ³⁰Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: ³¹But 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.

Isaiah 40, verses 28–31. Read the whole chapter with John Brown’s notes in the Self-Interpreting Bible.

Isaiah 40:31 in the catechisms

The Reformation catechisms and confessions cite Isaiah 40:31 once as a proof text.

WLC 172
May one who doubteth of his being in Christ, or of his due preparation, come to the Lord's supper?

How to memorise Isaiah 40:31

Hearers breaks the verse into clauses and teaches each clause in four steps. Then it brings each clause back just before you forget it.

01
Read
Read the verse with the clauses marked. Listen to it read aloud.
02
Trace
Type the first letter of each word, with the words shown faintly.
03
Fade
Half of the words go. Type the text again, and fill the gaps from memory.
04
Recall
All the words go. Type it or say it aloud. Each clause gets its own grade and its own review date.