40"Comfort, O comfort My people," says your God.H5162H5162H5971H559H4302"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."H1696H3820H3389H7121H6635H4390H5771H7521H3947H3068H3027H3718H24033A voice is calling, "Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.H6963H7121H4057H6437H1870H3068H3474H6160H4546H4304"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;H1516H5375H2022H1389H8213H6121H4334H7406H12375Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, And all flesh will see [it] together; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. "H3519H3068H1540H1320H7200H3162H6310H3068H16966A 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.H6963H559H7121H559H7121H1320H2682H2617H6731H77047The grass withers, the flower fades, When the breath of the LORD blows upon it; Surely the people are grass.H2682H3001H6731H5034H7307H3068H5380H403H5971H26828The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.H2682H3001H6731H5034H1697H430H6965H57699Get 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!"H6726H1319H5927H1364H2022H3389H1319H7311H6963H3581H7311H3372H559H5892H3063H43010Behold, the Lord GOD will come with might, With His arm ruling for Him. Behold, His reward is with Him, And His recompense before Him.H136H3069H935H2389H2220H4910H7939H6468H644011Like 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.]H7462H5739H7462H6908H2922H2220H5375H2436H5095H576312Who 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?H4058H4325H8168H8505H8064H2239H3557H6083H776H7991H8254H2022H6425H1389H397613Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, Or as His counselor has informed Him?H8505H7307H3068H376H6098H304514With 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?H3289H995H3925H734H4941H3925H1847H3045H1870H839415Behold, 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.H1471H4752H1805H2803H7834H3976H5190H339H185116Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, Nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering.H3844H369H1767H1197H2416H1767H593017All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.H1471H2803H657H841418To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare with Him?H1819H410H1823H618619[As for] the idol, a craftsman casts it, A goldsmith plates it with gold, And a silversmith [fashions] chains of silver.H2796H5258H6459H6884H7554H2091H6884H3701H757720He 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.H5533H5534H8641H977H6086H7537H1245H2450H2796H3559H6459H413121Do 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?H3045H8085H5046H7218H995H4146H77622It is He who sits above the vault 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.H3427H2329H776H3427H2284H5186H8064H1852H4969H168H342723He [it is] who reduces rulers to nothing, Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.H5414H7336H6213H8199H776H841424Scarcely 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.H5193H2232H1503H8327H776H5398H3001H5591H5375H717925"To whom then will you liken Me That I should be [his] equal?" says the Holy One.H1819H7737H559H691826Lift 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.H5375H5869H4791H7200H1254H3318H6635H4557H7121H8034H7230H202H533H3581H376H573727Why 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"?H559H3290H1696H3478H1870H5641H3068H4941H5674H43028Do 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.H3045H8085H5769H430H3068H1254H7098H776H3286H3021H2714H839429He gives strength to the weary, And to [him who] lacks might He increases power.H5414H3581H3287H202H7235H610930Though youths grow weary and tired, And vigorous young men stumble badly,H5288H3286H3021H970H3782H378231Yet 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.H6960H3068H2498H3581H5927H83H5404H7323H3021H3212H3286
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