40:1 Comfort 5162 8761 ye, comfort 5162 8761 ye my people 5971, saith 559 8799 your God 430.

40:2 Speak 1696 8761 ye comfortably 3820 to Jerusalem 3389, and cry 7121 8798 unto her, that her warfare 6635 is accomplished 4390 8804, that her iniquity 5771 is pardoned 7521 8738: for she hath received 3947 8804 of the LORD'S 3068 hand 3027 double 3718 for all her sins 2403.(comfortably: Heb. to the heart)(warfare: or, appointed time)

40:3 The voice 6963 of him that crieth 7121 8802 in the wilderness 4057, Prepare 6437 8761 ye the way 1870 of the LORD 3068, make straight 3474 8761 in the desert 6160 a highway 4546 for our God 430.

40:4 Every valley 1516 shall be exalted 5375 8735, and every mountain 2022 and hill 1389 shall be made low 8213 8799: and the crooked 6121 shall be made straight 4334, and the rough places 7406 plain 1237:(straight: or, a straight place)(plain: or, a plain place)

40:5 And the glory 3519 of the LORD 3068 shall be revealed 1540 8738, and all flesh 1320 shall see 7200 8804 [it] together 3162: for the mouth 6310 of the LORD 3068 hath spoken 1696 8765 [it].

40:6 The voice 6963 said 559 8802, Cry 7121 8798. And he said 559 8804, What shall I cry 7121 8799? All flesh 1320 [is] grass 2682, and all the goodliness 2617 thereof [is] as the flower 6731 of the field 7704:

40:7 The grass 2682 withereth 3001 8804, the flower 6731 fadeth 5034 8804: because the spirit 7307 of the LORD 3068 bloweth 5380 8804 upon it: surely 403 the people 5971 [is] grass 2682.

40:8 The grass 2682 withereth 3001 8804, the flower 6731 fadeth 5034 8804: but the word 1697 of our God 430 shall stand 6965 8799 for ever 5769.

40:9 O Zion 6726, that bringest good tidings 1319 8764, get thee up 5927 8798 into the high 1364 mountain 2022; O Jerusalem 3389, that bringest good tidings 1319 8764, lift up 7311 8685 thy voice 6963 with strength 3581; lift [it] up 7311 8685, be not afraid 3372 8799; say 559 8798 unto the cities 5892 of Judah 3063, Behold your God 430!(O Zion…: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion)(O Jerusalem…: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem)

40:10 Behold, the Lord 136 GOD 3069 will come 935 8799 with strong 2389 [hand], and his arm 2220 shall rule 4910 8802 for him: behold, his reward 7939 [is] with him, and his work 6468 before 6440 him.(with strong…: or, against the strong)(his work: or, recompence for his work)

40:11 He shall feed 7462 8799 his flock 5739 like a shepherd 7462 8802: he shall gather 6908 8762 the lambs 2922 with his arm 2220, and carry 5375 8799 [them] in his bosom 2436, [and] shall gently lead 5095 8762 those that are with young 5763 8802.(that…: or, that give suck)

40:12 Who hath measured 4058 8804 the waters 4325 in the hollow of his hand 8168, and meted out 8505 8765 heaven 8064 with the span 2239, and comprehended 3557 8804 the dust 6083 of the earth 776 in a measure 7991, and weighed 8254 8804 the mountains 2022 in scales 6425, and the hills 1389 in a balance 3976?(a measure: Heb. a tierce)

40:13 Who hath directed 8505 8765 the Spirit 7307 of the LORD 3068, or [being] his counsellor 376 6098 hath taught 3045 8686 him?(his…: Heb. man of his counsel)

40:14 With whom took he counsel 3289 8738, and [who] instructed 995 8799 him, and taught 3925 8762 him in the path 734 of judgment 4941, and taught 3925 8762 him knowledge 1847, and shewed 3045 8686 to him the way 1870 of understanding 8394?(instructed…: Heb. made him understand)(understanding: Heb. understandings?)

40:15 Behold, the nations 1471 [are] as a drop 4752 of a bucket 1805, and are counted 2803 8738 as the small dust 7834 of the balance 3976: behold, he taketh up 5190 8799 the isles 339 as a very little thing 1851.

40:16 And Lebanon 3844 [is] not 369 sufficient 1767 to burn 1197 8763, nor the beasts 2416 thereof sufficient 1767 for a burnt offering 5930.

40:17 All nations 1471 before him [are] as nothing; and they are counted 2803 8738 to him less than nothing 657, and vanity 8414.

40:18 To whom then will ye liken 1819 8762 God 410? or what likeness 1823 will ye compare 6186 8799 unto him?

40:19 The workman 2796 melteth 5258 8804 a graven image 6459, and the goldsmith 6884 8802 spreadeth 7554 8762 it over with gold 2091, and casteth 6884 8802 silver 3701 chains 7577.

40:20 He that [is] so impoverished 5533 8794 8676 5534 8765 that he hath no oblation 8641 chooseth 977 8799 a tree 6086 [that] will not rot 7537 8799; he seeketh 1245 8762 unto him a cunning 2450 workman 2796 to prepare 3559 8687 a graven image 6459, [that] shall not be moved 4131 8735.(is so…: Heb. is poor of oblation)

40:21 Have ye not known 3045 8799? have ye not heard 8085 8799? hath it not been told 5046 8717 you from the beginning 7218? have ye not understood 995 8689 from the foundations 4146 of the earth 776?

40:22 [It is] he that sitteth 3427 8802 upon the circle 2329 of the earth 776, and the inhabitants 3427 8802 thereof [are] as grasshoppers 2284; that stretcheth out 5186 8802 the heavens 8064 as a curtain 1852, and spreadeth them out 4969 8799 as a tent 168 to dwell in 3427 8800:(It is…: or, Him that)

40:23 That bringeth 5414 8802 the princes 7336 8802 to nothing; he maketh 6213 8804 the judges 8199 8802 of the earth 776 as vanity 8414.

40:24 Yea, they shall not be planted 5193 8738; yea, they shall not be sown 2232 8795: yea, their stock 1503 shall not take root 8327 8782 in the earth 776: and he shall also blow 5398 8804 upon them, and they shall wither 3001 8799, and the whirlwind 5591 shall take 5375 8799 them away as stubble 7179.

40:25 To whom then will ye liken 1819 8762 me, or shall I be equal 7737 8799? saith 559 8799 the Holy One 6918.

40:26 Lift up 5375 8798 your eyes 5869 on high 4791, and behold 7200 8798 who hath created 1254 8804 these [things], that bringeth out 3318 8688 their host 6635 by number 4557: he calleth 7121 8799 them all by names 8034 by the greatness 7230 of his might 202, for that [he is] strong 533 in power 3581; not one 376 faileth 5737 8738.

40:27 Why sayest 559 8799 thou, O Jacob 3290, and speakest 1696 8762, O Israel 3478, My way 1870 is hid 5641 8738 from the LORD 3068, and my judgment 4941 is passed over 5674 8799 from my God 430?

40:28 Hast thou not known 3045 8804? hast thou not heard 8085 8804, [that] the everlasting 5769 God 430, the LORD 3068, the Creator 1254 8802 of the ends 7098 of the earth 776, fainteth 3286 8799 not, neither is weary 3021 8799? [there is] no searching 2714 of his understanding 8394.

40:29 He giveth 5414 8802 power 3581 to the faint 3287; and to [them that have] no might 202 he increaseth 7235 8686 strength 6109.

40:30 Even the youths 5288 shall faint 3286 8799 and be weary 3021 8799, and the young men 970 shall utterly 3782 8800 fall 3782 8735:

40:31 But they that wait 6960 8802 upon the LORD 3068 shall renew 2498 8686 [their] strength 3581; they shall mount up 5927 8799 with wings 83 as eagles 5404; they shall run 7323 8799, and not be weary 3021 8799; [and] they shall walk 3212 8799, and not faint 3286 8799.(renew: Heb. change)

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