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| Isaiah 40:1 |
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"Comfort, O comfort My people," says your God.
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| Isaiah 40:2 |
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"Speak kindly to Jerusalem; And call out to
her, that her warfare has ended, That her iniquity has been removed, That she
has received of the LORD'S hand Double for all her sins." |
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| Isaiah 40:3 |
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A voice is calling, "Clear the way for the LORD
in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. |
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| Isaiah 40:4 |
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"Let every valley be lifted up, And every mountain
and hill be made low; And let the rough ground become a plain, And the rugged
terrain a broad valley; |
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| Isaiah 40:5 |
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Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed,
And all flesh will see it together; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken." |
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| Isaiah 40:6 |
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A voice says, "Call out." Then he answered,
"What shall I call out?" All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the
flower of the field. |
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| Isaiah 40:7 |
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The grass withers, the flower fades, When the
breath of the LORD blows upon it; Surely the people are grass. |
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| Isaiah 40:8 |
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The grass withers, the flower fades, But the
word of our God stands forever. |
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| Isaiah 40:9 |
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Get yourself up on a high mountain, O Zion,
bearer of good news, Lift up your voice mightily, O Jerusalem, bearer of good
news; Lift it up, do not fear. Say to the cities of Judah, "Here is your God!"
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| Isaiah 40:10 |
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Behold, the Lord GOD will come with might, With
His arm ruling for Him. Behold, His reward is with Him And His recompense before
Him. |
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| Isaiah 40:11 |
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Like a shepherd He will tend His flock, In His
arm He will gather the lambs And carry them in His bosom; He will gently lead
the nursing ewes. |
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| Isaiah 40:12 |
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Who has measured the waters in the hollow of
His hand, And marked off the heavens by the span, And calculated the dust of the
earth by the measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance And the hills in
a pair of scales? |
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| Isaiah 40:13 |
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Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, Or
as His counselor has informed Him? |
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| Isaiah 40:14 |
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With whom did He consult and who gave Him understanding?
And who taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge And informed
Him of the way of understanding? |
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| Isaiah 40:15 |
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Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,
And are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales; Behold, He lifts up the islands
like fine dust. |
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| Isaiah 40:16 |
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Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, Nor its
beasts enough for a burnt offering. |
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| Isaiah 40:17 |
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All the nations are as nothing before Him, They
are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless. |
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| Isaiah 40:18 |
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To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness
will you compare with Him? |
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| Isaiah 40:19 |
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As for the idol, a craftsman casts it, A goldsmith
plates it with gold, And a silversmith fashions chains of silver. |
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| Isaiah 40:20 |
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He who is too impoverished for such an offering
Selects a tree that does not rot; He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman
To prepare an idol that will not totter. |
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| Isaiah 40:21 |
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Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it
not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the
foundations of the earth? |
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| Isaiah 40:22 |
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It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like
a curtain And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. |
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| Isaiah 40:23 |
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He it is who reduces rulers to nothing, Who
makes the judges of the earth meaningless. |
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| Isaiah 40:24 |
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Scarcely have they been planted, Scarcely have
they been sown, Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth, But He merely
blows on them, and they wither, And the storm carries them away like stubble.
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| Isaiah 40:25 |
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"To whom then will you liken Me That I would
be his equal?" says the Holy One. |
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| Isaiah 40:26 |
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Lift up your eyes on high And see who has created
these stars, The One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by
name; Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power, Not
one of them is missing. |
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| Isaiah 40:27 |
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Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel,
"My way is hidden from the LORD, And the justice due me escapes the notice of
my God"? |
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| Isaiah 40:28 |
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Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting
God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired.
His understanding is inscrutable. |
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| Isaiah 40:29 |
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He gives strength to the weary, And to him who
lacks might He increases power. |
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| Isaiah 40:30 |
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Though youths grow weary and tired, And vigorous
young men stumble badly, |
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| Isaiah 40:31 |
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Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new
strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get
tired, They will walk and not become weary. |
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