Isaiah Chapter 40 (NIV)
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Comfort for God’s PeopleComfort, comfort my people,says your God.
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Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,and proclaim to herthat her hard service has been completed,that her sin has been paid for,that she has received from the Lord’s handdouble for all her sins.
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A voice of one calling:“In the desert preparethe way for the Lord;make straight in the wildernessa highway for our God.
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Every valley shall be raised up,every mountain and hill made low;the rough ground shall become level,the rugged places a plain.
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And the glory of the Lord will be revealed,and all mankind together will see it.For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
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A voice says, “Cry out.”And I said, “What shall I cry?”“All men are like grass,and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.
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The grass withers and the flowers fall,because the breath of the Lord blows on them.Surely the people are grass.
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The grass withers and the flowers fall,but the word of our God stands forever.”
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You who bring good tidings to Zion,go up on a high mountain.You who bring good tidings to Jerusalem,lift up your voice with a shout,lift it up, do not be afraid;say to the towns of Judah,“Here is your God!”
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See, the Sovereign Lord comes with power,and his arm rules for him.See, his reward is with him,and his recompense accompanies him.
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He tends his flock like a shepherd:He gathers the lambs in his armsand carries them close to his heart;he gently leads those that have young.
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Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens?Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket,or weighed the mountains on the scalesand the hills in a balance?
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Who has understood the mind of the Lord,or instructed him as his counselor?
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Whom did the Lord consult to enlighten him,and who taught him the right way?Who was it that taught him knowledgeor showed him the path of understanding?
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Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;they are regarded as dust on the scales;he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.
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Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires,nor its animals enough for burnt offerings.
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Before him all the nations are as nothing;they are regarded by him as worthlessand less than nothing.
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To whom, then, will you compare God?What image will you compare him to?
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As for an idol, a craftsman casts it,and a goldsmith overlays it with goldand fashions silver chains for it.
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A man too poor to present such an offeringselects wood that will not rot.He looks for a skilled craftsmanto set up an idol that will not topple.
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Do you not know?Have you not heard?Has it not been told you from the beginning?Have you not understood since the earth was founded?
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He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,and its people are like grasshoppers.He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
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He brings princes to naughtand reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.
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No sooner are they planted,no sooner are they sown,no sooner do they take root in the ground,than he blows on them and they wither,and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
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“To whom will you compare me?Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
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Lift your eyes and look to the heavens:Who created all these?He who brings out the starry host one by one,and calls them each by name.Because of his great power and mighty strength,not one of them is missing.
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Why do you say, O Jacob,and complain, O Israel,“My way is hidden from the Lord;my cause is disregarded by my God”?
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Do you not know?Have you not heard?The Lord is the everlasting God,the Creator of the ends of the earth.He will not grow tired or weary,and his understanding no one can fathom.
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He gives strength to the wearyand increases the power of the weak.
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Even youths grow tired and weary,and young men stumble and fall;
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but those who hope in the Lordwill renew their strength.They will soar on wings like eagles;they will run and not grow weary,they will walk and not be faint.
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