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  40:1 ¶
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. |
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40:1 ¶
Comfortºº
ye, comfortºº
ye my people,º
saithºº
your God.º |
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40:2
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she hath received of Jehovah's hand double for all her sins. |
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40:2
Speakºº
ye comfortablyºº
to Jerusalem,º
and cryºº
untoº
her, thatº
her warfareº
is accomplished,ºº
thatº
her iniquityº
is pardoned:ºº
forº
she hath receivedºº
of the LORD'Sº
handºº
doubleº
for allº
her sins.º |
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40:3 ¶
The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God. |
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40:3 ¶
The voiceº
of him that criethºº
in the wilderness,º
Prepareºº
ye the wayº
of the LORD,º
make straightºº
in the desertº
a highwayº
for our God.º |
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40:4
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain: |
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40:4
Everyº
valleyº
shall be exalted,ºº
and everyº
mountainº
and hillº
shall be made low:ºº
and the crookedº
shall be madeº
straight,º
and the rough placesº
plain:º |
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40:5
and the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it. |
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40:5
And the gloryº
of the LORDº
shall be revealed,ºº
and allº
fleshº
shall seeºº
[it] together:º
forº
the mouthº
of the LORDº
hath spokenºº
[it]. |
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40:6
The voice of one saying, Cry. And one said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. |
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40:6
The voiceº
said,ºº
Cry.ºº
And he said,ºº
Whatº
shall I cry?ºº
Allº
fleshº
[is] grass,º
and allº
the goodlinessº
thereof [is] as the flowerº
of the field:º |
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40:7
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass. |
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40:7
The grassº
withereth,ºº
the flowerº
fadeth:ºº
becauseº
the spiritº
of the LORDº
blowethºº
upon it: surelyº
the peopleº
[is] grass.º |
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40:8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever. |
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40:8
The grassº
withereth,ºº
the flowerº
fadeth:ºº
but the wordº
of our Godº
shall standºº
for ever.º |
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40:9 ¶
O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up on a high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold, your God! |
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40:9 ¶
O Zion,º
that bringest good tidings,ºº
get thee upºº
intoº
the highº
mountain;º
O Jerusalem,º
that bringest good tidings,ºº
lift upºº
thy voiceº
with strength;º
lift [it] up,ºº
be not afraid;ººº
sayºº
unto the citiesº
of Judah,º
Beholdº
your God!º |
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40:10
Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. |
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40:10
Behold,º
the Lordº
GODº
will comeºº
with strongº
[hand], and his armº
shall ruleºº
for him: behold,º
his rewardº
[is] withº
him, and his workº
beforeº
him. |
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40:11
He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those that have their young. |
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40:11
He shall feedºº
his flockº
like a shepherd:ºº
he shall gatherºº
the lambsº
with his arm,º
and carryºº
[them] in his bosom,º
[and] shall gently leadºº
those that are with young.ºº |
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40:12 ¶
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? |
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40:12 ¶
Whoº
hath measuredºº
the watersº
in the hollow of his hand,º
and meted outºº
heavenº
with the span,º
and comprehendedºº
the dustº
of the earthº
in a measure,º
and weighedºº
the mountainsº
in scales,º
and the hillsº
in a balance?º |
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40:13
Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him? |
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40:13
Whoº
hath directedººº
the Spiritº
of the LORD,º
or [being] his counsellorºº
hath taughtºº
him? |
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40:14
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding? |
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40:14
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With whomº
took he counsel,ºº
and [who] instructedºº
him, and taughtºº
him in the pathº
of judgment,º
and taughtºº
him knowledge,º
and shewedºº
to him the wayº
of understanding?º |
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40:15
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. |
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40:15
Behold,º
the nationsº
[are] as a dropº
of a bucket,ºº
and are countedºº
as the small dustº
of the balance:º
behold,º
he taketh upºº
the islesº
as a very little thing.º |
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40:16
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering. |
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40:16
And Lebanonº
[is] notº
sufficientº
to burn,ºº
norº
the beastsº
thereof sufficientº
for a burnt offering.º |
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40:17
All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity. |
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40:17
Allº
nationsº
beforeº
him [are] as nothing;º
and they are countedºº
to him less than nothing,ºº
and vanity.º |
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40:18 ¶
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? |
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40:18 ¶
Toº
whomº
then will ye likenºº
God?º
or whatº
likenessº
will ye compareºº
unto him? |
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40:19
The image, a workman hath cast [it], and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth [for it] silver chains. |
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40:19
The workmanº
meltethºº
a graven image,º
and the goldsmithºº
spreadethºº
it overº
with gold,º
and castethºº
silverº
chains.º |
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40:20
He that is too impoverished for [such] an oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilful workman to set up a graven image, that shall not be moved. |
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40:20
He that [is] so impoverishedººººº
that he hath no oblationº
choosethºº
a treeº
[that] will notº
rot;ºº
he seekethºº
unto him a cunningº
workmanº
to prepareºº
a graven image,º
[that] shall notº
be moved.ºº |
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40:21
Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? |
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40:21
Have ye notº
known?ºº
have ye notº
heard?ºº
hath it notº
been toldºº
you from the beginning?ºº
have ye notº
understoodºº
from the foundationsºº
of the earth?º |
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40:22
[It is] he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in; |
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40:22
[It is] he that sittethºº
uponº
the circleº
of the earth,º
and the inhabitantsºº
thereof [are] as grasshoppers;º
that stretcheth outºº
the heavensº
as a curtain,º
and spreadeth them outºº
as a tentº
to dwell in:ºº |
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40:23
that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. |
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40:23
That bringethºº
the princesºº
to nothing;º
he makethºº
the judgesºº
of the earthº
as vanity.º |
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40:24
Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble. |
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40:24
Yea,º
they shall notº
be planted;ºº
yea,º
they shall notº
be sown:ºº
yea,º
their stockº
shall notº
take rootºº
in the earth:º
and he shall alsoº
blowºº
upon them, and they shall wither,ºº
and the whirlwindº
shall takeºº
them awayº
as stubble.º |
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40:25
To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal [to him]? saith the Holy One. |
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40:25
Toº
whomº
then will ye likenºº
me, or shall I be equal?ºº
saithºº
the Holy One.º |
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40:26
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking. |
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40:26
Lift upºº
your eyesº
on high,º
and beholdºº
whoº
hath createdºº
theseº
[things], that bringeth outºº
their hostº
by number:º
he callethºº
them allº
by namesº
by the greatnessºº
of his might,º
for that [he is] strongº
in power;º
notº
oneº
faileth.ºº |
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40:27
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God? |
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40:27
Whyº
sayestºº
thou, O Jacob,º
and speakest,ºº
O Israel,º
My wayº
is hidºº
from the LORD,ºº
and my judgmentº
is passed overºº
from my God?ºº |
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40:28 ¶
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding. |
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40:28 ¶
Hast thou notº
known?ºº
hast thou notº
heard,ºº
[that] the everlastingº
God,º
the LORD,º
the Creatorºº
of the endsº
of the earth,º
faintethºº
not,º
neitherº
is weary?ºº
[there is] noº
searchingº
of his understanding.º |
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40:29
He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength. |
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40:29
He givethºº
powerº
to the faint;º
and to [them that have] noº
mightº
he increasethºº
strength.º |
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40:30
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: |
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40:30
Even the youthsº
shall faintºº
and be weary,ºº
and the young menº
shall utterlyºº
fall:ºº |
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40:31
but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint. |
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40:31
But they that waitºº
uponº
the LORDº
shall renewºº
[their] strength;º
they shall mount upºº
with wingsº
as eagles;º
they shall run,ºº
and notº
be weary;ºº
[and] they shall walk,ººº
and notº
faint.ºº |
