Isaiah 40
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Isaiah 40:18-29

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.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain