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Isaiah 40

The Greatness of God

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aComfort, O comfort My people," says your God.

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aSpeak  1kindly to Jerusalem; And call out to her, that her  2 bwarfare has ended, That her  3 ciniquity has been removed, That she has received of the LORD'S hand  dDouble for all her sins."

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 aA voice  1is calling, " bClear the way for the LORD in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.

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"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;

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 1Then the  aglory of the LORD will be revealed, And  ball flesh will see it together; For the  cmouth of the LORD has spoken."

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A voice says, "Call out." Then  1he answered, "What shall I call out?"  aAll flesh is grass, and all its  2loveliness is like the flower of the field.

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The  agrass withers, the flower fades,  1When the  bbreath of the LORD blows upon it; Surely the people are grass.

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The grass withers, the flower fades, But  athe word of our God stands forever.

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Get yourself up on a  ahigh mountain, O Zion, bearer of  bgood news, Lift up your voice mightily, O Jerusalem, bearer of good news; Lift it up, do not fear. Say to the  ccities of Judah, " dHere is your God!"

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Behold, the Lord  1GOD will come  awith might, With His  barm ruling for Him. Behold, His  creward is with Him And His recompense before Him.

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Like a shepherd He will  atend His flock, In His arm He will gather the lambs And carry them in His bosom; He will gently lead the nursing ewes.

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Who has  ameasured the  1waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off the heavens by the  2span, And  3calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance And the hills in a pair of scales?

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 aWho has  1directed the Spirit of the LORD, Or as His  bcounselor has informed Him?

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 aWith whom did He consult and who  bgave Him understanding? And who taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge And informed Him of the way of understanding?

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Behold, the  anations are like a drop from a bucket, And are regarded as a speck of  bdust on the scales; Behold, He lifts up the  1islands like fine dust.

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Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, Nor its  abeasts enough for a burnt offering.

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 aAll the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and  1meaningless.

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 aTo whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare with Him?

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As for the  1 aidol, a craftsman casts it, A goldsmith  bplates it with gold, And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.

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He who is too impoverished for such an offering Selects a  atree that does not rot; He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman To  1prepare  2an idol that  bwill not totter.

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 aDo you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood  bfrom the foundations of the earth?

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It is He who  1sits above the  2 acircle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like  bgrasshoppers, Who  cstretches out the heavens like a  dcurtain And spreads them out like a  etent to dwell in.

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He it is who reduces  arulers to nothing, Who  bmakes the judges of the earth  1meaningless.

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 1Scarcely have they been planted,  1Scarcely have they been sown,  1Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth, But He merely blows on them, and they wither, And the  astorm carries them away like stubble.

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aTo whom then will you liken Me That I would be his equal?" says the Holy One.

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 aLift up your eyes on high And see  bwho has created these stars, The  cOne who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; Because of the  dgreatness of His might and the  1strength of His power,  eNot one of them is missing.

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 aWhy do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel, "My way is  bhidden from the LORD, And the  cjustice due me  1escapes the notice of  dmy God"?

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 aDo you not know? Have you not heard? The  bEverlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is  cinscrutable.

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He gives strength to the  aweary, And to him who lacks might He  bincreases power.

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Though  ayouths grow weary and tired, And vigorous  byoung men stumble badly,

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Yet those who  1wait for the LORD Will  again new strength; They will  2 bmount up with  3wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.



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