Isaiah 40

1 ♥ 📝 C omfort^H5162 ye, comfort^H5162 ye my people,^H5971 saith^H559 your God.^H430

2 ♥ 📝 Speak^H1696 ye comfortably^H3820 to Jerusalem;^H3389 and cry^H7121 unto her, that her warfare^H6635 is accomplished,^H4390 that her iniquity^H5771 is pardoned,^H7521 that she hath received^H3947 of Jehovah's^H3068 hand^H3027 double^H3718 for all her sins.^H2403

3 ♥ 📝 The voice^H6963 of one that crieth,^H7121 Prepare^H6437 ye in the wilderness^H4057 the way^H1870 of Jehovah;^H3068 make level^H3474 in the desert^H6160 a highway^H4546 for our God.^H430

4 ♥ 📝 Every valley^H1516 shall be exalted,^H5375 and every mountain^H2022 and hill^H1389 shall be made low;^H8213 and the uneven^H6121 shall be made level,^H4334 and the rough places^H7406 a plain:^H1237

5 ♥ 📝 and the glory^H3519 of Jehovah^H3068 shall be revealed,^H1540 and all flesh^H1320 shall see^H7200 it together;^H3162 for the mouth^H6310 of Jehovah^H3068 hath spoken^H1696 it.

6 ♥ 📝 The voice^H6963 of one saying,^H559 Cry.^H7121 And one said,^H559 What shall I cry?^H7121 All flesh^H1320 is grass,^H2682 and all the goodliness^H2617 thereof is as the flower^H6731 of the field.^H7704

7 ♥ 📝 The grass^H2682 withereth,^H3001 the flower^H6731 fadeth,^H5034 because the breath^H7307 of Jehovah^H3068 bloweth^H5380 upon it; surely^H403 the people^H5971 is grass.^H2682

8 ♥ 📝 The grass^H2682 withereth,^H3001 the flower^H6731 fadeth;^H5034 but the word^H1697 of our God^H430 shall stand^H6965 forever.^H5769

9 ♥ 📝 O thou that tellest good tidings^H1319 to Zion,^H6726 get thee up^H5927 on a high^H1364 mountain;^H2022 O thou that tellest good tidings^H1319 to Jerusalem,^H3389 lift up^H7311 thy voice^H6963 with strength;^H3581 lift it up,^H7311 be not afraid;^H3372 say^H559 unto the cities^H5892 of Judah,^H3063 Behold, your God!^H430

10 ♥ 📝 Behold, the Lord^H136 Jehovah^H136 will come^H935 as a mighty^H2389 one, and his arm^H2220 will rule^H4910 for him: Behold, his reward^H7939 is with him, and his recompense^H6468 before^H6440 him.

11 ♥ 📝 He will feed^H7462 his flock^H5739 like a shepherd,^H7462 he will gather^H6908 the lambs^H2922 in his arm,^H2220 and carry^H5375 them in his bosom,^H2436 [and] will gently lead^H5095 those that have their young.^H5763

12 ♥ 📝 Who hath measured^H4058 the waters^H4325 in the hollow of his hand,^H8168 and meted out^H8505 heaven^H8064 with the span,^H2239 and comprehended^H3557 the dust^H6083 of the earth^H776 in a measure,^H7991 and weighed^H8254 the mountains^H2022 in scales,^H6425 and the hills^H1389 in a balance?^H3976

13 ♥ 📝 Who hath directed^H8505 the Spirit^H7307 of Jehovah,^H3068 or being his counsellor^H376 hath taught^H3045 him?

14 ♥ 📝 With whom took he counsel,^H3289 and who instructed^H995 him, and taught^H3925 him in the path^H734 of justice,^H4941 and taught^H3925 him knowledge,^H1847 and showed^H3045 to him the way^H1870 of understanding?^H8394

15 ♥ 📝 Behold, the nations^H1471 are as a drop^H4752 of a bucket,^H1805 and are accounted^H2803 as the small dust^H7834 of the balance:^H3976 Behold, he taketh up^H5190 the isles^H339 as a very little thing.^H1851

16 ♥ 📝 And Lebanon^H3844 is not^H369 sufficient^H1767 to burn,^H1197 nor the beasts^H2416 thereof sufficient^H1767 for a burnt-offering.^H5930

17 ♥ 📝 All the nations^H1471 are as nothing before him; they are accounted^H2803 by him as less than nothing,^H657 and vanity.^H8414

18 ♥ 📝 To whom then will ye liken^H1819 God?^H410 or what likeness^H1823 will ye compare^H6186 unto him?

19 ♥ 📝 The image,^H6459 a workman^H2796 hath cast^H5258 [it], and the goldsmith^H6884 overlayeth^H7554 it with gold,^H2091 and casteth^H6884 [for it] silver^H3701 chains.^H7577

20 ♥ 📝 He that is too impoverished^H5533 for [such] an oblation^H8641 chooseth^H977 a tree^H6086 that will not rot;^H7537 he seeketh^H1245 unto him a skilful^H2450 workman^H2796 to set^H3559 up a graven image,^H6459 that shall not be moved.^H4131

21 ♥ 📝 Have ye not known?^H3045 have yet not heard?^H8085 hath it not been told^H5046 you from the beginning?^H7218 have ye not understood^H995 from the foundations^H4146 of the earth?^H776

22 ♥ 📝 [ It is] he that sitteth^H3427 above the circle^H2329 of the earth,^H776 and the inhabitants^H3427 thereof are as grasshoppers;^H2284 that stretcheth out^H5186 the heavens^H8064 as a curtain,^H1852 and spreadeth them out^H4969 as a tent^H168 to dwell in;^H3427

23 ♥ 📝 that bringeth^H5414 princes^H7336 to nothing; that maketh^H6213 the judges^H8199 of the earth^H776 as vanity.^H8414

24 ♥ 📝 Yea, they have not been planted;^H5193 yea, they have not been sown;^H2232 yea, their stock^H1503 hath not taken root^H8327 in the earth:^H776 moreover he bloweth^H5398 upon them, and they wither,^H3001 and the whirlwind^H5591 taketh^H5375 them away as stubble.^H7179

25 ♥ 📝 To whom then will ye liken^H1819 me, that I should be equal^H7737 [to him]? saith^H559 the Holy One.^H6918

26 ♥ 📝 Lift up^H5375 your eyes^H5869 on high,^H4791 and see^H7200 who hath created^H1254 these, that bringeth out^H3318 their host^H6635 by number;^H4557 he calleth^H7121 them all by name;^H8034 by the greatness^H7230 of his might,^H202 and for that he is strong^H533 in power,^H3581 not one^H376 is lacking.^H5737

27 ♥ 📝 Why sayest^H559 thou, O Jacob,^H3290 and speakest,^H1696 O Israel,^H3478 My way^H1870 is hid^H5641 from Jehovah,^H3068 and the justice^H4941 [due] to me is passed away^H5674 from my God?^H430

28 ♥ 📝 Hast thou not known?^H3045 hast thou not heard?^H8085 The everlasting^H5769 God,^H430 Jehovah,^H3068 the Creator^H1254 of the ends^H7098 of the earth,^H776 fainteth^H3286 not, neither is weary;^H3021 there is no searching^H2714 of his understanding.^H8394

29 ♥ 📝 He giveth^H5414 power^H3581 to the faint;^H3287 and to him that hath no might^H202 he increaseth^H7235 strength.^H6109

30 ♥ 📝 Even the youths^H5288 shall faint^H3286 and be weary,^H3021 and the young men^H970 shall utterly^H3782 fall:^H3782

31 ♥ 📝 but they that wait^H6960 for Jehovah^H3068 shall renew^H2498 their strength;^H3581 they shall mount up^H5927 with wings^H83 as eagles;^H5404 they shall run,^H7323 and not be weary;^H3021 they shall walk,^H3212 and not faint.^H3286