New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 40:1-5

1“1ComfortH5162, O comfortH5162 My peopleH5971,” saysH559 your GodH430.2“2SpeakH1696 3kindlyH3820 to JerusalemH3389; And callH7121 out to her, that her 4 5warfareH6635 has endedH4390, That her 6 7iniquityH5771 has been removedH7521, That she has receivedH3947 of the Lord’sH3068 handH3027 8DoubleH3718 for allH3605 her sinsH2403.”

3 9A voiceH6963 10is callingH7121, “11ClearH6437 the wayH1870 for the LordH3068 in the wildernessH4057; MakeH3474 smoothH3474 in the desertH6160 a highwayH4546 for our GodH430.4Let everyH3605 valleyH1516 be liftedH5375 up, And everyH3605 mountainH2022 and hillH1389 be madeH8213 lowH8213; And let the roughH6121 groundH6121 becomeH1961 a plainH4334, And the ruggedH7406 terrainH7406 a broadH1237 valleyH1237;5 12Then the 13gloryH3519 of the LordH3068 will be revealedH1540, And 14allH3605 fleshH1320 will seeH7200 it togetherH3164; For the 15mouthH6310 of the LordH3068 has spokenH1696.”

Notes

1. Isaiah 40:1 Is 12:1; 49:13; 51:3, 12; 52:9; 61:2; 66:13; Jer 31:10-14; Zeph 3:14-17; 2 Cor 1:4 ↩
2. Isaiah 40:2 Is 35:4; Zech 1:13 ↩
3. Isaiah 40:2 Lit to the heart of ↩
4. Isaiah 40:2 Or hard service ↩
5. Isaiah 40:2 Is 41:11-13; 49:25; 54:15, 17 ↩
6. Isaiah 40:2 Or penalty of iniquity accepted as paid off ↩
7. Isaiah 40:2 Is 33:24; 53:5, 6, 11 ↩
8. Isaiah 40:2 Jer 16:18; Zech 9:12; Rev 18:6 ↩
9. Isaiah 40:3 Matt 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4-6; John 1:23 ↩
10. Isaiah 40:3 Or of one calling out ↩
11. Isaiah 40:3 Mal 3:1; 4:5, 6 ↩
12. Isaiah 40:5 Or In order that the ↩
13. Isaiah 40:5 Is 6:3; Hab 2:14 ↩
14. Isaiah 40:5 Is 52:10; Joel 2:28 ↩
15. Isaiah 40:5 Is 1:20; 34:16; 58:14 ↩