Isaiah 40

1ComfortH5162 ye, comfortH5162 ye my peopleH5971, saith your GodH430. 2SpeakH1696 ye comfortably to JerusalemH3389; and cry unto her, that her warfareH6635 is accomplished, that her iniquityH5771 is pardoned, that she hath receivedH3947 of Jehovah’s handH3027 doubleH3718 for all her sinsH2403.

3The voiceH6963 of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wildernessH4057 the wayH1870 of Jehovah; makeH3474 level in the desertH6160 a highwayH4546 for our GodH430. 4Every valleyH1516 shall beH1961 exalted, and every mountainH2022 and hillH2022 shall beH1961 made lowH8213; and the uneven shall beH1961 made levelH4334, and the rough places a plainH4334: 5and the gloryH3519 of Jehovah shall be revealedH1540, and all fleshH1320 shall seeH7200 it togetherH3162; for the mouthH6310 of Jehovah hath spokenH1696 it.

6The voiceH6963 of one sayingH559, Cry. And one saidH559, What shall I cry? All fleshH1320 is grassH2682, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flowerH6731 of the fieldH7704. 7The grassH2682 withereth, the flowerH6731 fadeth, because the breathH7307 of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the peopleH5971 is grassH2682. 8The grassH2682 withereth, the flowerH6731 fadeth; but the wordH1697 of our GodH430 shall standH6965 foreverH5769.

9O thou that tellest good tidings to ZionH6726, get thee up on a highH1364 mountainH2022; O thou that tellest good tidings to JerusalemH3389, liftH7311 up thy voiceH6963 with strengthH3581; liftH7311 it up, be not afraidH3372; sayH559 unto the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063, Behold, your GodH430! 10Behold, the LordH136 Jehovah will comeH935 as a mightyH2389 one, and his armH2220 will ruleH4910 for him: Behold, his rewardH7939 is with him, and his recompenseH6468 before him. 11He will feedH7462 his flockH5739 like a shepherdH7462, he will gatherH6908 the lambs in his armH2220, and carryH5375 them in his bosomH2436, and will gently leadH5095 those that have their young.

12Who hath measuredH4058 the watersH4325 in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heavenH8064 with the spanH2239, and comprehended the dustH6083 of the earthH776 in a measureH4058, and weighedH8254 the mountainsH2022 in scales, and the hillsH1389 in a balanceH6425? 13Who hath directed the SpiritH7307 of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him? 14With whom took he counselH3289, and who instructed him, and taughtH3925 him in the pathH734 of justiceH4941, and taughtH3925 him knowledgeH1847, and showed to him the wayH1870 of understandingH8394? 15Behold, the nationsH1471 are as a drop of a bucket, and are accountedH2803 as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. 16And LebanonH3844 is not sufficient to burnH1197, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering. 17All the nationsH1471 are as nothingH369 before him; they are accountedH2803 by him as less than nothingH369, and vanity.

18To whom then will ye likenH1819 GodH410? or what likenessH1823 will ye compare unto him? 19The imageH6459, a workman hath cast it, and the goldsmithH6884 overlayeth it with goldH2091, and casteth for it silverH3701 chains. 20He that is too impoverished for such an oblation chooseth a treeH6086 that will not rotH7537; he seeketh unto him a skilful workman to set up a graven imageH6459, that shall not be moved. 21Have ye not knownH3045? have ye not heardH8085? hath it not been toldH5046 you from the beginning? have ye not understoodH995 from the foundationsH4146 of the earthH776? 22It is he that sitteth above the circleH2329 of the earthH776, and the inhabitantsH3427 thereof are as grasshoppersH2284; that stretcheth out the heavensH8064 as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tentH168 to dwellH3427 in; 23that bringeth princes to nothingH369; that maketh the judgesH8199 of the earthH776 as vanity. 24Yea, they have not been plantedH5193; yea, they have not been sownH2232; yea, their stock hath not takenH5375 rootH8327 in the earthH776: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they witherH3001, and the whirlwind taketh them awayH5375 as stubbleH7179. 25To whom then will ye likenH1819 me, that I should be equal to him? saith the HolyH6918 OneH6918. 26LiftH5375 up your eyesH5869 on highH4791, and seeH7200 who hath createdH1254 these, that bringeth out their hostH6635 by numberH4557; he calleth them all by nameH8034; by the greatnessH7230 of his might, and for that he is strong in powerH3581, not oneH376 is lacking.

27WhyH4100 sayest thou, O JacobH3290, and speakest, O IsraelH3478, My wayH1870 is hidH5641 from Jehovah, and the justiceH4941 due to me is passedH5674 awayH5674 from my GodH430? 28Hast thou not knownH3045? hast thou not heardH8085? The everlasting GodH430, Jehovah, the Creator of the endsH7098 of the earthH776, fainteth not, neither is wearyH3021; there is no searchingH2714 of his understandingH8394. 29He giveth powerH3581 to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strengthH3581. 30Even the youthsH5288 shall faint and be wearyH3021, and the youngH5288 menH5288 shall utterly fall: 31but they that waitH6960 for Jehovah shall renew their strengthH3581; they shall mount up with wingsH83 as eaglesH5404; they shall runH7323, and not be wearyH3021; they shall walk, and not faint.