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Isaiah 40
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The Greatness of God

40"Comfort, O comfort My people," says your God.H5162H5162H5971H559H430 2"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."H1696H3820H3389H7121H6635H4390H5771H7521H3947H3068H3027H3718H2403 3A voice is calling, "Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.H6963H7121H4057H6437H1870H3068H3474H6160H4546H430 4"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;H1516H5375H2022H1389H8213H6121H4334H7406H1237 5Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, And all flesh will see [it] together; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. "H3519H3068H1540H1320H7200H3162H6310H3068H1696 6A 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.H6963H559H7121H559H7121H1320H2682H2617H6731H7704 7The grass withers, the flower fades, When the breath of the LORD blows upon it; Surely the people are grass.H2682H3001H6731H5034H7307H3068H5380H403H5971H2682 8The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.H2682H3001H6731H5034H1697H430H6965H5769 9Get 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!"H6726H1319H5927H1364H2022H3389H1319H7311H6963H3581H7311H3372H559H5892H3063H430 10Behold, the Lord GOD will come with might, With His arm ruling for Him. Behold, His reward is with Him, And His recompense before Him.H136H3069H935H2389H2220H4910H7939H6468H6440 11Like 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.]H7462H5739H7462H6908H2922H2220H5375H2436H5095H5763 12Who 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?H4058H4325H8168H8505H8064H2239H3557H6083H776H7991H8254H2022H6425H1389H3976 13Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, Or as His counselor has informed Him?H8505H7307H3068H376H6098H3045 14With 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?H3289H995H3925H734H4941H3925H1847H3045H1870H8394 15Behold, 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.H1471H4752H1805H2803H7834H3976H5190H339H1851 16Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, Nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering.H3844H369H1767H1197H2416H1767H5930 17All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.H1471H2803H657H8414 18To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare with Him?H1819H410H1823H6186 19[As for] the idol, a craftsman casts it, A goldsmith plates it with gold, And a silversmith [fashions] chains of silver.H2796H5258H6459H6884H7554H2091H6884H3701H7577 20He 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.H5533H5534H8641H977H6086H7537H1245H2450H2796H3559H6459H4131 21Do 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?H3045H8085H5046H7218H995H4146H776 22It 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.H3427H2329H776H3427H2284H5186H8064H1852H4969H168H3427 23He [it is] who reduces rulers to nothing, Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.H5414H7336H6213H8199H776H8414 24Scarcely 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.H5193H2232H1503H8327H776H5398H3001H5591H5375H7179 25"To whom then will you liken Me That I should be [his] equal?" says the Holy One.H1819H7737H559H6918 26Lift 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.H5375H5869H4791H7200H1254H3318H6635H4557H7121H8034H7230H202H533H3581H376H5737 27Why 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"?H559H3290H1696H3478H1870H5641H3068H4941H5674H430 28Do 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.H3045H8085H5769H430H3068H1254H7098H776H3286H3021H2714H8394 29He gives strength to the weary, And to [him who] lacks might He increases power.H5414H3581H3287H202H7235H6109 30Though youths grow weary and tired, And vigorous young men stumble badly,H5288H3286H3021H970H3782H3782 31Yet 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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