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  40:1 ¶
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith God. |
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40:1 ¶
Comfortºº
ye, comfortºº
ye my people,º
saithºº
your Elohim.º |
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40:2
Speak, ye priests, to the heart of Jerusalem; comfort her, for her humiliation is accomplished, her sin is put away: for she has received of the Lord's hand double [the amount of] 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 Yahweh'sº
handºº
doubleº
for allº
her sins.º |
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40:3 ¶
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight the paths of our God. |
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40:3 ¶
The voiceº
of him that criethºº
in the wilderness,º
Prepareºº
ye the wayº
of Yahweh,º
make straightºº
in the desertº
a highwayº
for our Elohim.º |
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40:4
Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low: and all the crooked [ways] shall become straight, and the rough [places] plains. |
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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 the Lord shall appear, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God: for the Lord has spoken [it]. |
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40:5
And the gloryº
of Yahwehº
shall be revealed,ºº
and allº
fleshº
shall seeºº
[it] together:º
forº
the mouthº
of Yahwehº
hath spokenºº
[it]. |
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40:6
The voice of one saying, Cry; and I said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass: |
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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
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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40:7
The grassº
withereth,ºº
the flowerº
fadeth:ºº
becauseº
the spiritº
of Yahwehº
blowethºº
upon it: surelyº
the peopleº
[is] grass.º |
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40:8
The grass withers, and the flower fades: but the word of our God abides for ever. |
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40:8
The grassº
withereth,ºº
the flowerº
fadeth:ºº
but the wordº
of our Elohimº
shall standºº
for ever.º |
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40:9 ¶
O thou that bringest glad tidings to Zion, go up on the high mountain; lift up thy voice with strength, thou that bringest glad tidings to Jerusalem; lift it up, fear not; say unto the cities of Judah{gr.Juda}, 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 Elohim!º |
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40:10
Behold the Lord! The Lord is coming with strength, and [his] arm is with power: behold, his reward is with him, and [his] work before him. |
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40:10
Behold,º
Adonaiº
Yahwehº
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 shall tend his flock as a shepherd, and he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and shall soothe them that are with 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 has measured the water in his hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth in a handful? Who has weighed the mountains in scales, and the forests 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 has known the mind of the Lord? and who has been his counsellor, to instruct him? |
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40:13
Whoº
hath directedººº
the Spiritº
of Yahweh,º
or [being] his counsellorºº
hath taughtºº
him? |
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40:14
Or with whom has he taken counsel, and he has instructed him? or who has taught him judgement, or who has taught 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
since all the nations are counted as a drop from a bucket, and as the turning of a balance, [and] shall be counted as spittle? |
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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{gr.Libanus} is not enough to burn, nor all beasts enough for a whole-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
and all the nations are as nothing, and counted as nothing. |
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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 have ye compared the Lord? and with what likeness have ye compared him? |
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40:18 ¶
Toº
whomº
then will ye likenºº
El?º
or whatº
likenessº
will ye compareºº
unto him? |
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40:19
Has not the artificer made an image, or the goldsmith having melted gold, gilt it over, [and] made it a similitude? |
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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
For the artificer chooses out a wood that will not rot, and will wisely enquire how he shall set up his image, and [that so] that it should 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
Will ye not know? will ye not hear? has it not been told you of old? Have ye not known 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 comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; he that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched [it] 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
he that appoints princes to rule as nothing, and has made the earth as nothing. |
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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
For they shall not plant, neither shall they sow, neither shall their root be fixed in the ground: he has blown upon them, and they are withered, and a storm shall carry them away like sticks. |
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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
Now then to whom have ye compared me, that I may be exalted? 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 has displayed all these things? [even] he that brings forth his host by number: he shall call them all by name by [means of his] great glory, and by the power of his might: nothing has escaped thee. |
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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
For say not thou, O Jacob, and why hast thou spoken, Israel, [saying], My way is hid from God, and my God has taken away [my] judgement, and has departed? |
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40:27
Whyº
sayestºº
thou, O Jacob,º
and speakest,ºº
O Israel,º
My wayº
is hidºº
from Yahweh,ºº
and my judgmentº
is passed overºº
from my Elohim?ºº |
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40:28 ¶
And now, hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? the eternal God, the God that formed the ends of the earth, shall not hunger, nor be weary, and 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
Elohim,º
Yahweh,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 gives strength to the hungry, and sorrow to them that are not suffering. |
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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
For the young [men] shall hunger, and the youths shall be weary, and the choice [men] shall be powerless: |
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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 on God shall renew [their] strength; they shall put forth new feathers like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not hunger. |
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40:31
But they that waitºº
uponº
Yahwehº
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 |
