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[1] “Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. [2] “Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh’s hand double for all her sins.”
[3] The voice of one who calls out,
“Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness!
Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
[4] Every valley shall be exalted,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low.
The uneven shall be made level,
and the rough places a plain.
[5] Yahweh’s glory shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together;
for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.” [6] The voice of one saying, “Cry out!”
One said, “What shall I cry?”
“All flesh is like grass,
and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
[7] The grass withers,
the flower fades,
because Yahweh’s breath blows on it.
Surely the people are like grass.
[8] The grass withers,
the flower fades;
but the word of our God stands forever.” [9] You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain.
You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength!
Lift it up! Don’t be afraid!
Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
[10] Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one,
and his arm will rule for him.
Behold, his reward is with him,
and his recompense before him.
[11] He will feed his flock like a shepherd.
He will gather the lambs in his arm,
and carry them in his bosom.
He will gently lead those who have their young. [12] Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,
and marked off the sky with his span,
and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket,
and weighed the mountains in scales,
and the hills in a balance?
[13] Who has directed Yahweh’s Spirit,
or has taught him as his counselor?
[14] Who did he take counsel with,
and who instructed him,
and taught him in the path of justice,
and taught him knowledge,
and showed him the way of understanding?
[15] Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket,
and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance.
Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.
[16] Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,
nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.
[17] All the nations are like nothing before him.
They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity. [18] To whom then will you liken God?
Or what likeness will you compare to him?
[19] A workman has cast an image,
and the goldsmith overlays it with gold,
and casts silver chains for it.
[20] He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot.
He seeks a skillful workman to set up a carved image for him that will not be moved. [21] Haven’t you known?
Haven’t you heard?
Haven’t you been told from the beginning?
Haven’t you understood from the foundations of the earth?
[22] It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,
[23] who brings princes to nothing,
who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
[24] They are planted scarcely.
They are sown scarcely.
Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground.
He merely blows on them, and they wither,
and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble. [25] “To whom then will you liken me?
Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
[26] Lift up your eyes on high,
and see who has created these,
who brings out their army by number.
He calls them all by name.
By the greatness of his might,
and because he is strong in power,
not one is lacking. [27] Why do you say, Jacob,
and speak, Israel,
“My way is hidden from Yahweh,
and the justice due me is disregarded by my God”?
[28] Haven’t you known?
Haven’t you heard?
The everlasting God, Yahweh,
the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint.
He isn’t weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
[29] He gives power to the weak.
He increases the strength of him who has no might.
[30] Even the youths faint and get weary,
and the young men utterly fall;
[31] but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength.
They will mount up with wings like eagles.
They will run, and not be weary.
They will walk, and not faint.
[3] The voice of one who calls out,
“Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness!
Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
[4] Every valley shall be exalted,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low.
The uneven shall be made level,
and the rough places a plain.
[5] Yahweh’s glory shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together;
for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.” [6] The voice of one saying, “Cry out!”
One said, “What shall I cry?”
“All flesh is like grass,
and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
[7] The grass withers,
the flower fades,
because Yahweh’s breath blows on it.
Surely the people are like grass.
[8] The grass withers,
the flower fades;
but the word of our God stands forever.” [9] You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain.
You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength!
Lift it up! Don’t be afraid!
Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
[10] Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one,
and his arm will rule for him.
Behold, his reward is with him,
and his recompense before him.
[11] He will feed his flock like a shepherd.
He will gather the lambs in his arm,
and carry them in his bosom.
He will gently lead those who have their young. [12] Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,
and marked off the sky with his span,
and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket,
and weighed the mountains in scales,
and the hills in a balance?
[13] Who has directed Yahweh’s Spirit,
or has taught him as his counselor?
[14] Who did he take counsel with,
and who instructed him,
and taught him in the path of justice,
and taught him knowledge,
and showed him the way of understanding?
[15] Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket,
and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance.
Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.
[16] Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,
nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.
[17] All the nations are like nothing before him.
They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity. [18] To whom then will you liken God?
Or what likeness will you compare to him?
[19] A workman has cast an image,
and the goldsmith overlays it with gold,
and casts silver chains for it.
[20] He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot.
He seeks a skillful workman to set up a carved image for him that will not be moved. [21] Haven’t you known?
Haven’t you heard?
Haven’t you been told from the beginning?
Haven’t you understood from the foundations of the earth?
[22] It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,
[23] who brings princes to nothing,
who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
[24] They are planted scarcely.
They are sown scarcely.
Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground.
He merely blows on them, and they wither,
and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble. [25] “To whom then will you liken me?
Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
[26] Lift up your eyes on high,
and see who has created these,
who brings out their army by number.
He calls them all by name.
By the greatness of his might,
and because he is strong in power,
not one is lacking. [27] Why do you say, Jacob,
and speak, Israel,
“My way is hidden from Yahweh,
and the justice due me is disregarded by my God”?
[28] Haven’t you known?
Haven’t you heard?
The everlasting God, Yahweh,
the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint.
He isn’t weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
[29] He gives power to the weak.
He increases the strength of him who has no might.
[30] Even the youths faint and get weary,
and the young men utterly fall;
[31] but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength.
They will mount up with wings like eagles.
They will run, and not be weary.
They will walk, and not faint.
King James Version
[1] ComfortH5162(PielImpv) ye, comfortH5162(PielImpv) ye my people,H5971 saithH559(QalImpf) your God.H430 [2] SpeakH1696(PielImpv) ye comfortablyH3820 to Jerusalem,H3389 and cryH7121(QalImpv) unto her, that her warfareH6635 is accomplished,H4390(QalPerf) that her iniquityH5771 is pardoned:H7521(NiphPerf) for she hath receivedH3947(QalPerf) of the Lord’sH3068 handH3027 doubleH3718 for all her sins.H2403 [3] The voiceH6963 of him that criethH7121(QalActPtc) in the wilderness,H4057 PrepareH6437(PielImpv) ye the wayH1870 of the Lord,H3068 make straightH3474(PielImpv) in the desertH6160 a highwayH4546 for our God.H430 [4] Every valleyH1516 shall be exalted,H5375(NiphImpf) and every mountainH2022 and hillH1389 shall be made low:H8213(QalImpf) and the crookedH6121 shall be made straight,H4334 and the rough placesH7406 plain:H1237 [5] And the gloryH3519 of the LordH3068 shall be revealed,H1540(NiphPerf) and all fleshH1320 shall seeH7200(QalPerf) [it] together:H3162 for the mouthH6310 of the LordH3068 hath spokenH1696(PielPerf) [it]. [6] The voiceH6963 said,H559(QalActPtc) Cry.H7121(QalImpv) And he said,H559(QalPerf) What shall I cry?H7121(QalImpf) All fleshH1320 [is] grass,H2682 and all the goodlinessH2617 thereof [is] as the flowerH6731 of the field:H7704 [7] The grassH2682 withereth,H3001(QalPerf) the flowerH6731 fadeth:H5034(QalPerf) because the spiritH7307 of the LordH3068 blowethH5380(QalPerf) upon it: surelyH403 the peopleH5971 [is] grass.H2682 [8] The grassH2682 withereth,H3001(QalPerf) the flowerH6731 fadeth:H5034(QalPerf) but the wordH1697 of our GodH430 shall standH6965(QalImpf) for ever.H5769 [9] O Zion,H6726 that bringest good tidings,H1319(PielPtc) get thee upH5927(QalImpv) into the highH1364 mountain;H2022 O Jerusalem,H3389 that bringest good tidings,H1319(PielPtc) lift upH7311(HiphImpv) thy voiceH6963 with strength;H3581 lift [it] up,H7311(HiphImpv) be not afraid;H3372(QalImpf) sayH559(QalImpv) unto the citiesH5892 of Judah,H3063 Behold your God!H430 [10] Behold, the LordH136 GodH3069 will comeH935(QalImpf) with strongH2389 [hand], and his armH2220 shall ruleH4910(QalActPtc) for him: behold, his rewardH7939 [is] with him, and his workH6468 beforeH6440 him. [11] He shall feedH7462(QalImpf) his flockH5739 like a shepherd:H7462(QalActPtc) he shall gatherH6908(PielImpf) the lambsH2922 with his arm,H2220 and carryH5375(QalImpf) [them] in his bosom,H2436 [and] shall gently leadH5095(PielImpf) those that are with young.H5763(QalActPtc) [12] Who hath measuredH4058(QalPerf) the watersH4325 in the hollow of his hand,H8168 and meted outH8505(PielPerf) heavenH8064 with the span,H2239 and comprehendedH3557(QalPerf) the dustH6083 of the earthH776 in a measure,H7991 and weighedH8254(QalPerf) the mountainsH2022 in scales,H6425 and the hillsH1389 in a balance?H3976 [13] Who hath directedH8505(PielPerf) the SpiritH7307 of the Lord,H3068 or [being] his counsellorH376 hath taughtH3045(HiphImpf) him? [14] With whom took he counsel,H3289(NiphPerf) and [who] instructedH995(QalImpf) him, and taughtH3925(PielImpf) him in the pathH734 of judgment,H4941 and taughtH3925(PielImpf) him knowledge,H1847 and shewedH3045(HiphImpf) to him the wayH1870 of understanding?H8394 [15] Behold, the nationsH1471 [are] as a dropH4752 of a bucket,H1805 and are countedH2803(NiphPerf) as the small dustH7834 of the balance:H3976 behold, he taketh upH5190(QalImpf) the islesH339 as a very little thing.H1851 [16] And LebanonH3844 [is] notH369 sufficientH1767 to burn,H1197(PielInf) nor the beastsH2416 thereof sufficientH1767 for a burnt offering.H5930 [17] All nationsH1471 before him [are] as nothing; and they are countedH2803(NiphPerf) to him less than nothing,H657 and vanity.H8414 [18] To whom then will ye likenH1819(PielImpf) God?H410 or what likenessH1823 will ye compareH6186(QalImpf) unto him? [19] The workmanH2796 meltethH5258(QalPerf) a graven image,H6459 and the goldsmithH6884(QalActPtc) spreadethH7554(PielImpf) it over with gold,H2091 and castethH6884(QalActPtc) silverH3701 chains.H7577 [20] He that [is] so impoverishedH5533(PualPtc/Ketiv) that he hath no oblationH8641 choosethH977(QalImpf) a treeH6086 [that] will not rot;H7537(QalImpf) he seekethH1245(PielImpf) unto him a cunningH2450 workmanH2796 to prepareH3559(HiphInf) a graven image,H6459 [that] shall not be moved.H4131(NiphImpf) [21] Have ye not known?H3045(QalImpf) have ye not heard?H8085(QalImpf) hath it not been toldH5046(HophPerf) you from the beginning?H7218 have ye not understoodH995(HiphPerf) from the foundationsH4146 of the earth?H776 [22] [It is] he that sittethH3427(QalActPtc) upon the circleH2329 of the earth,H776 and the inhabitantsH3427(QalActPtc) thereof [are] as grasshoppers;H2284 that stretcheth outH5186(QalActPtc) the heavensH8064 as a curtain,H1852 and spreadeth them outH4969(QalImpf) as a tentH168 to dwell in:H3427(QalInf) [23] That bringethH5414(QalActPtc) the princesH7336(QalActPtc) to nothing; he makethH6213(QalPerf) the judgesH8199(QalActPtc) of the earthH776 as vanity.H8414 [24] Yea, they shall not be planted;H5193(NiphPerf) yea, they shall not be sown:H2232(PualPerf) yea, their stockH1503 shall not take rootH8327(PoelPerf) in the earth:H776 and he shall also blowH5398(QalPerf) upon them, and they shall wither,H3001(QalImpf) and the whirlwindH5591 shall takeH5375(QalImpf) them away as stubble.H7179 [25] To whom then will ye likenH1819(PielImpf) me, or shall I be equal?H7737(QalImpf) saithH559(QalImpf) the Holy One.H6918 [26] Lift upH5375(QalImpv) your eyesH5869 on high,H4791 and beholdH7200(QalImpv) who hath createdH1254(QalPerf) these [things], that bringeth outH3318(HiphPtc) their hostH6635 by number:H4557 he callethH7121(QalImpf) them all by namesH8034 by the greatnessH7230 of his might,H202 for that [he is] strongH533 in power;H3581 not oneH376 faileth.H5737(NiphPerf) [27] Why sayestH559(QalImpf) thou, O Jacob,H3290 and speakest,H1696(PielImpf) O Israel,H3478 My wayH1870 is hidH5641(NiphPerf) from the Lord,H3068 and my judgmentH4941 is passed overH5674(QalImpf) from my God?H430 [28] Hast thou not known?H3045(QalPerf) hast thou not heard,H8085(QalPerf) [that] the everlastingH5769 God,H430 the Lord,H3068 the CreatorH1254(QalActPtc) of the endsH7098 of the earth,H776 faintethH3286(QalImpf) not, neither is weary?H3021(QalImpf) [there is] no searchingH2714 of his understanding.H8394 [29] He givethH5414(QalActPtc) powerH3581 to the faint;H3287 and to [them that have] no mightH202 he increasethH7235(HiphImpf) strength.H6109 [30] Even the youthsH5288 shall faintH3286(QalImpf) and be weary,H3021(QalImpf) and the young menH970 shall utterlyH3782(QalInf) fall:H3782(NiphImpf) [31] But they that waitH6960(QalActPtc) upon the LordH3068 shall renewH2498(HiphImpf) [their] strength;H3581 they shall mount upH5927(QalImpf) with wingsH83 as eagles;H5404 they shall run,H7323(QalImpf) and not be weary;H3021(QalImpf) [and] they shall walk,H3212(QalImpf) and not faint.H3286(QalImpf)
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