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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.
King James Version

Concerning the return to Jerusalem

[1] Comfort 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 H413 her, that her warfare H6635§ is accomplished, H4390 that her iniquity H5771 is pardoned: H7521 for H3588 she hath received H3947 of the Lord’s H3068 hand H3027 double H3718 for H3588 all H3605 her sins. H2403 [3] The voice H6963 of him that crieth H7121 in the wilderness, H4057 Prepare H6437 ye the way H1870 of the Lord, H3068 make straight H3474 in the desert H6160 a highway H4546 for our God. H430 [4] Every H3605 valley H1516 shall be exalted, H5375 and every mountain H2022 and hill H1389 shall be made low: H8213 and the crooked H6121 shall be made straight, H4334§ and the rough places H7406 plain: H1237§ [5] and the glory H3519 of the Lord H3068 shall be revealed, H1540 and all flesh H1320 shall see H7200 it together: H3162 for H3588 the mouth H6310 of the Lord H3068 hath spoken H1696 it. [6] The voice H6963 said, H559 Cry. H7121 And he said, H559 What H4100 shall I cry? H7121 All H3605 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 spirit H7307 of the Lord 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 for ever. H5769

Behold your God

[9] O Zion, H6726 that bringest good tidings, H1319§ get thee up H5927 into the high H1364 mountain; H2022 O Jerusalem, H3389 that bringest good tidings, H1319 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 H2009 your God! H430
[10] Behold, the Lord H136 God H3069 will come H935 with H854 strong H2389 hand,§ and his arm H2220 shall rule H4910 for him: behold, his reward H7939 is with him, and his work H6468 before H6440 him.§ [11] He shall feed H7462 his flock H5739 like a shepherd: H7462 he shall gather H6908 the lambs H2922 with his arm, H2220 and carry H5375 them in his bosom, H2436 and shall gently lead H5095 those that are with 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 H853 the Spirit H7307 of the Lord, H3068 or being his counsellor H376 H6098 hath taught H3045 him? [14] With H854 whom took he counsel, H3289 and who instructed H995 him,§ and taught H3925 him in the path H734 of judgment, H4941 and taught H3925 him knowledge, H1847 and shewed 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 counted 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 H3605 nations H1471 before him are as nothing; and they are counted H2803 to him 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 workman H2796 melteth H5258 a graven image, H6459 and the goldsmith H6884 spreadeth H7554 it over with gold, H2091 and casteth H6884 silver H3701 chains. H7577 [20] He that is so impoverished§ H5533 H5534 that he hath no oblation H8641 chooseth H977 a tree H6086 that will not rot; H7537 he seeketh H1245 unto him a cunning H2450 workman H2796 to prepare H3559 a graven image, H6459 that shall not be moved. H4131 [21] Have ye not known? H3045 have ye 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§ upon H5921 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 the princes H7336 to nothing; he maketh H6213 the judges H8199 of the earth H776 as vanity. H8414 [24] Yea, they shall not be planted; H5193 yea, they shall not be sown: H2232 yea, their stock H1503 shall not take root H8327 in the earth: H776 and he shall also blow H5398 upon them, and they shall wither, H3001 and the whirlwind H5591 shall take H5375 them away as stubble. H7179 [25] To whom then will ye liken H1819 me, or shall I be equal? H7737 saith H559 the Holy One. H6918 [26] Lift up H5375 your eyes H5869 on high, H4791 and behold H7200 who hath created H1254 these things, that bringeth out H3318 their host H6635 by number: H4557 he calleth H7121 them all by names H8034 by the greatness H7230 of his might, H202 for that he is strong H533 in power; H3581 not H3808 one H376 faileth. H5737 [27] Why sayest H559 thou, O Jacob, H3290 and speakest, H1696 O Israel, H3478 My way H1870 is hid H5641 from the Lord, H3068 and my judgment H4941 is passed over H5674 from my God? H430 [28] Hast thou not known? H3045 hast thou not heard, H8085 that the everlasting H5769 God, H430 the Lord, 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 them that have 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 upon the Lord 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 and they shall walk, H3212 and not faint. H3286

Footnotes

  1. § 40:2a Heb. to the heart
  2. § 40:2b Or, appointed time
  3. § 40:4a Or, a straight place
  4. § 40:4b Or, a plain place
  5. § 40:9 Or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
  6. § 40:10a Or, against the strong
  7. § 40:10b Or, recompence for his work
  8. § 40:11 Or, that give suck
  9. § 40:12 Heb. a Tierce
  10. § 40:14a Heb. made him understand
  11. § 40:14b Heb. understandings
  12. § 40:20 Heb. I poor of oblation
  13. § 40:22 Or, him that sitteth, atc.
  14. § 40:31 Heb. change
Septuaginta
[1] Παρακαλεῖτε G3870 παρακαλεῖτε G3870 τὸν G3588 λαόν G2992 μου, G3450 λέγει G3004 ὁ G3588 θεός. G2316 [2] Ἱερεῖς, G2409 λαλήσατε G2980 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 καρδίαν G2588 Ιερουσαλημ, G2419 παρακαλέσατε G3870 αὐτήν· G846 ὅτι G3754 ἐπλήσθη G4130 ἡ G3588 ταπείνωσις G5014 αὐτῆς, G846 λέλυται G3089 αὐτῆς G846 ἡ G3588 ἁμαρτία· G266 ὅτι G3754 ἐδέξατο G1209 ἐκ G1537 χειρὸς G5495 κυρίου G2962 διπλᾶ G1362 τὰ G3588 ἁμαρτήματα G265 αὐτῆς. G846 [3] Φωνὴ G5456 βοῶντος G994 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 ἐρήμῳ G2048 Ἑτοιμάσατε G2090 τὴν G3588 ὁδὸν G3598 κυρίου, G2962 εὐθείας G2117 ποιεῖτε G4160 τὰς G3588 τρίβους G5147 τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ G2316 ἡμῶν· G2257 [4] πᾶσα G3956 φάραγξ G5327 πληρωθήσεται G4137 καὶ G2532 πᾶν G3956 ὄρος G3735 καὶ G2532 βουνὸς G1015 ταπεινωθήσεται, G5013 καὶ G2532 ἔσται G2071 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 σκολιὰ G4646 εἰς G1519 εὐθεῖαν G2117 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 τραχεῖα G5138 εἰς G1519 πεδία· [5] καὶ G2532 ὀφθήσεται G3700 ἡ G3588 δόξα G1391 κυρίου, G2962 καὶ G2532 ὄψεται G3700 πᾶσα G3956 σὰρξ G4561 τὸ G3588 σωτήριον G4992 τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ· G2316 ὅτι G3754 κύριος G2962 ἐλάλησεν. G2980 [6] Φωνὴ G5456 λέγοντος G3004 Βόησον· G994 καὶ G2532 εἶπα G2036 Τί G5101 βοήσω; G994 Πᾶσα G3956 σὰρξ G4561 χόρτος, G5528 καὶ G2532 πᾶσα G3956 δόξα G1391 ἀνθρώπου G444 ὡς G5613 ἄνθος G438 χόρτου· G5528 [7] ἐξηράνθη G3583 ὁ G3588 χόρτος, G5528 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 ἄνθος G438 ἐξέπεσεν, G1601 [8] τὸ G3588 δὲ G1161 ῥῆμα G4487 τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ G2316 ἡμῶν G2257 μένει G3306 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 αἰῶνα. G165 [9] Ἐπ’ G1909 ὄρος G3735 ὑψηλὸν G5308 ἀνάβηθι, G305 ὁ G3588 εὐαγγελιζόμενος G2097 Σιων· G4622 ὕψωσον G5312 τῇ G3588 ἰσχύι G2479 τὴν G3588 φωνήν G5456 σου, G4675 ὁ G3588 εὐαγγελιζόμενος G2097 Ιερουσαλημ· G2419 ὑψώσατε, G5312 μὴ G3361 φοβεῖσθε· G5399 εἰπὸν G2036 ταῖς G3588 πόλεσιν G4172 Ιουδα Ἰδοὺ G2400 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ὑμῶν. G5216 [10] Ἰδοὺ G2400 κύριος G2962 μετὰ G3326 ἰσχύος G2479 ἔρχεται G2064 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 βραχίων G1023 μετὰ G3326 κυριείας, ἰδοὺ G2400 ὁ G3588 μισθὸς G3408 αὐτοῦ G846 μετ’ G3326 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 ἔργον G2041 ἐναντίον G1726 αὐτοῦ. G846 [11] Ὡς G5613 ποιμὴν G4166 ποιμανεῖ G4165 τὸ G3588 ποίμνιον G4168 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 τῷ G3588 βραχίονι G1023 αὐτοῦ G846 συνάξει G4863 ἄρνας G704 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 γαστρὶ G1064 ἐχούσας G2192 παρακαλέσει. G3870 [12] Τίς G5101 ἐμέτρησεν G3354 τῇ G3588 χειρὶ G5495 τὸ G3588 ὕδωρ G5204 καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 οὐρανὸν G3772 σπιθαμῇ καὶ G2532 πᾶσαν G3956 τὴν G3588 γῆν G1093 δρακί; Τίς G5101 ἔστησεν G2476 τὰ G3588 ὄρη G3735 σταθμῷ καὶ G2532 τὰς G3588 νάπας ζυγῷ; G2218 [13] Τίς G5101 ἔγνω G1097 νοῦν G3563 κυρίου, G2962 καὶ G2532 τίς G5101 αὐτοῦ G846 σύμβουλος G4825 ἐγένετο, G1096 ὃς G3739 συμβιβᾷ G4822 αὐτόν; G846 [14] Ἢ G2228 πρὸς G4314 τίνα G5101 συνεβουλεύσατο G4823 καὶ G2532 συνεβίβασεν G4822 αὐτόν; G846 Ἢ G2228 τίς G5101 ἔδειξεν G1166 αὐτῷ G846 κρίσιν; G2920 Ἢ G2228 ὁδὸν G3598 συνέσεως G4907 τίς G5101 ἔδειξεν G1166 αὐτῷ; G846 [15] Εἰ G1487 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 ἔθνη G1484 ὡς G5613 σταγὼν ἀπὸ G575 κάδου καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 ῥοπὴ ζυγοῦ G2218 ἐλογίσθησαν, G3049 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 σίελος λογισθήσονται· G3049 [16] ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 Λίβανος οὐχ G3756 ἱκανὸς G2425 εἰς G1519 καῦσιν, G2740 καὶ G2532 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 τετράποδα G5074 οὐχ G3756 ἱκανὰ G2425 εἰς G1519 ὁλοκάρπωσιν, [17] καὶ G2532 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 ἔθνη G1484 ὡς G5613 οὐδέν G3762 εἰσι G1526 καὶ G2532 εἰς G1519 οὐθὲν G3762 ἐλογίσθησαν. G3049 [18] Τίνι G5101 ὡμοιώσατε G3666 κύριον G2962 καὶ G2532 τίνι G5101 ὁμοιώματι G3667 ὡμοιώσατε G3666 αὐτόν; G846 [19] Μὴ G3361 εἰκόνα G1504 ἐποίησεν G4160 τέκτων, G5045 ἢ G2228 χρυσοχόος χωνεύσας χρυσίον G5553 περιεχρύσωσεν αὐτόν, G846 ὁμοίωμα G3667 κατεσκεύασεν G2680 αὐτόν; G846 [20] Ξύλον G3586 γὰρ G1063 ἄσηπτον ἐκλέγεται G1586 τέκτων G5045 καὶ G2532 σοφῶς ζητεῖ G2212 πῶς G4459 στήσει G2476 αὐτοῦ G846 εἰκόνα G1504 καὶ G2532 ἵνα G2443 μὴ G3361 σαλεύηται. G4531 [21] Οὐ G3756 γνώσεσθε; G1097 Οὐκ G3756 ἀκούσεσθε; G191 Οὐκ G3756 ἀνηγγέλη G312 ἐξ G1537 ἀρχῆς G746 ὑμῖν; G5213 Οὐκ G3756 ἔγνωτε G1097 τὰ G3588 θεμέλια G2310 τῆς G3588 γῆς; G1093 [22] Ὁ G3588 κατέχων G2722 τὸν G3588 γῦρον τῆς G3588 γῆς, G1093 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 ἐνοικοῦντες G1774 ἐν G1722 αὐτῇ G846 ὡς G5613 ἀκρίδες, G200 ὁ G3588 στήσας G2476 ὡς G5613 καμάραν τὸν G3588 οὐρανὸν G3772 καὶ G2532 διατείνας ὡς G5613 σκηνὴν G4633 κατοικεῖν, G2730 [23] ὁ G3588 διδοὺς G1325 ἄρχοντας G758 εἰς G1519 οὐδὲν G3762 ἄρχειν, G757 τὴν G3588 δὲ G1161 γῆν G1093 ὡς G5613 οὐδὲν G3762 ἐποίησεν. G4160 [24] Οὐ G3756 γὰρ G1063 μὴ G3361 σπείρωσιν G4687 οὐδὲ G3761 μὴ G3361 φυτεύσωσιν, G5452 οὐδὲ G3761 μὴ G3361 ῥιζωθῇ G4492 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 γῆν G1093 ἡ G3588 ῥίζα G4491 αὐτῶν· G846 ἔπνευσεν G4154 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτοὺς G846 καὶ G2532 ἐξηράνθησαν, G3583 καὶ G2532 καταιγὶς ὡς G5613 φρύγανα G5434 ἀναλήμψεται G353 αὐτούς. G846 [25] Νῦν G3568 οὖν G3767 τίνι G5101 με G3165 ὡμοιώσατε G3666 καὶ G2532 ὑψωθήσομαι; G5312 Εἶπεν G2036 ὁ G3588 ἅγιος. G40 [26] Ἀναβλέψατε G308 εἰς G1519 ὕψος G5311 τοὺς G3588 ὀφθαλμοὺς G3788 ὑμῶν G5216 καὶ G2532 ἴδετε· G1492 τίς G5101 κατέδειξεν πάντα G3956 ταῦτα; G5023 Ὁ G3588 ἐκφέρων G1627 κατὰ G2596 ἀριθμὸν G706 τὸν G3588 κόσμον G2889 αὐτοῦ G846 πάντας G3956 ἐπ’ G1909 ὀνόματι G3686 καλέσει· G2564 ἀπὸ G575 πολλῆς G4183 δόξης G1391 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 κράτει G2904 ἰσχύος G2479 οὐδέν G3762 σε G4571 ἔλαθεν. G2990 [27] Μὴ G3361 γὰρ G1063 εἴπῃς, G2036 Ιακωβ, G2384 καὶ G2532 τί G5101 ἐλάλησας, G2980 Ισραηλ G2474 Ἀπεκρύβη G613 ἡ G3588 ὁδός G3598 μου G3450 ἀπὸ G575 τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ, G2316 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 θεός G2316 μου G3450 τὴν G3588 κρίσιν G2920 ἀφεῖλεν G851 καὶ G2532 ἀπέστη; G868 [28] Καὶ G2532 νῦν G3568 οὐκ G3756 ἔγνως G1097 εἰ G1487 μὴ G3361 ἤκουσας; G191 Θεὸς G2316 αἰώνιος G166 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ὁ G3588 κατασκευάσας G2680 τὰ G3588 ἄκρα τῆς G3588 γῆς, G1093 οὐ G3756 πεινάσει G3983 οὐδὲ G3761 κοπιάσει, G2872 οὐδὲ G3761 ἔστιν G2076 ἐξεύρεσις τῆς G3588 φρονήσεως G5428 αὐτοῦ· G846 [29] διδοὺς G1325 τοῖς G3588 πεινῶσιν G3983 ἰσχὺν G2479 καὶ G2532 τοῖς G3588 μὴ G3361 ὀδυνωμένοις G3600 λύπην. G3077 [30] Πεινάσουσιν G3983 γὰρ G1063 νεώτεροι, G3501 καὶ G2532 κοπιάσουσιν G2872 νεανίσκοι, G3495 καὶ G2532 ἐκλεκτοὶ G1588 ἀνίσχυες ἔσονται· G2071 [31] οἱ G3588 δὲ G1161 ὑπομένοντες G5278 τὸν G3588 θεὸν G2316 ἀλλάξουσιν G236 ἰσχύν, G2479 πτεροφυήσουσιν ὡς G5613 ἀετοί, G105 δραμοῦνται G5143 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 κοπιάσουσιν, G2872 βαδιοῦνται καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 πεινάσουσιν. G3983
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament