40"Comfort, yes, comfort My people!" Says your God.H5162H5162H5971H559H4302"Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the LORD'S hand Double for all her sins."H1696H3820H3389H7121H6635H4390H5771H7521H3947H3068H3027H3718H24033The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of the LORD; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God.H6963H7121H4057H6437H1870H3068H3474H6160H4546H4304Every valley shall be exalted And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough places smooth;H1516H5375H2022H1389H8213H6121H4334H7406H12375The glory of the LORD shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."H3519H3068H1540H1320H7200H3162H6310H3068H16966The voice said, "Cry out!" And he said, "What shall I cry?" "All flesh is grass, And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.H6963H559H7121H559H7121H1320H2682H2617H6731H77047The grass withers, the flower fades, Because 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."H2682H3001H6731H5034H1697H430H6965H57699O Zion, You who bring good tidings, Get up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, You who bring good tidings, Lift up your voice with strength, Lift it up, be not afraid; Say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!"H6726H1319H5927H1364H2022H3389H1319H7311H6963H3581H7311H3372H559H5892H3063H43010Behold, the Lord GOD shall come with a strong hand, And His arm shall rule for Him; Behold, His reward is with Him, And His work before Him.H136H3069H935H2389H2220H4910H7939H6468H644011He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs with His arm, And carry them in His bosom, And gently lead those who are with young.H7462H5739H7462H6908H2922H2220H5375H2436H5095H576312Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, Measured heaven with a span And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure? Weighed the mountains in scales And the hills in a balance?H4058H4325H8168H8505H8064H2239H3557H6083H776H7991H8254H2022H6425H1389H397613Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, Or as His counselor has taught Him?H8505H7307H3068H376H6098H304514With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, And taught Him in the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge, And showed Him the way of understanding?H3289H995H3925H734H4941H3925H1847H3045H1870H839415Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket, And are counted as the small dust on the scales; Look, He lifts up the isles as a very little thing.H1471H4752H1805H2803H7834H3976H5190H339H185116And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering.H3844H369H1767H1197H2416H1767H593017All nations before Him are as nothing, And they are counted by Him less than nothing and worthless.H1471H2803H657H841418To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to Him?H1819H410H1823H618619The workman molds an image, The goldsmith overspreads it with gold, And the silversmith casts silver chains.H2796H5258H6459H6884H7554H2091H6884H3701H757720Whoever is too impoverished for such a contribution Chooses a tree that will not rot; He seeks for himself a skillful workman To prepare a carved image that will not totter.H5533H5534H8641H977H6086H7537H1245H2450H2796H3559H6459H413121Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?H3045H8085H5046H7218H995H4146H77622It 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.H3427H2329H776H3427H2284H5186H8064H1852H4969H168H342723He brings the princes to nothing; He makes the judges of the earth useless.H5414H7336H6213H8199H776H841424Scarcely shall they be planted, Scarcely shall they be sown, Scarcely shall their stock take root in the earth, When He will also blow on them, And they will wither, And the whirlwind will take them away like stubble.H5193H2232H1503H8327H776H5398H3001H5591H5375H717925"To whom then will you liken Me, Or to whom shall I be equal?" says the Holy One.H1819H7737H559H691826Lift up your eyes on high, And see who has created these things, Who brings out their host by number; He calls them all by name, By the greatness of His might And the strength of His power; Not one is missing.H5375H5869H4791H7200H1254H3318H6635H4557H7121H8034H7230H202H533H3581H376H573727Why do you say, O Jacob, And speak, O Israel: "My way is hidden from the LORD, And my just claim is passed over by my God"?H559H3290H1696H3478H1870H5641H3068H4941H5674H43028Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.H3045H8085H5769H430H3068H1254H7098H776H3286H3021H2714H839429He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.H5414H3581H3287H202H7235H610930Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall,H5288H3286H3021H970H3782H378231But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.H6960H3068H2498H3581H5927H83H5404H7323H3021H3212H3286
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