Isaiah 39 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Isaiah 40

¹“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.

KJVComfort^H5162^(H8761) ye, comfort^H5162^(H8761) ye my people^H5971, saith^H559^(H8799) your God^H430.

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.”

KJVSpeak^H1696^(H8761) ye comfortably^H3820 to Jerusalem^H3389, and cry^H7121^(H8798) unto her, that her warfare^H6635 is accomplished^H4390^(H8804), that her iniquity^H5771 is pardoned^H7521^(H8738): for she hath received^H3947^(H8804) of the LORD'S^H3068 hand^H3027 double^H3718 for all her sins^H2403.

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.

KJVThe voice^H6963 of him that crieth^H7121^(H8802) in the wilderness^H4057, Prepare^H6437^(H8761) ye the way^H1870 of the LORD^H3068, make straight^H3474^(H8761) in the desert^H6160 a highway^H4546 for our God^H430.

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.

KJVEvery valley^H1516 shall be exalted^H5375^(H8735), and every mountain^H2022 and hill^H1389 shall be made low^H8213^(H8799): and the crooked^H6121 shall be made straight^H4334, and the rough places^H7406 plain^H1237:

⁵ Yahweh’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”

KJVAnd the glory^H3519 of the LORD^H3068 shall be revealed^H1540^(H8738), and all flesh^H1320 shall see^H7200^(H8804) it together^H3162: for the mouth^H6310 of the LORD^H3068 hath spoken^H1696^(H8765) 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.

KJVThe voice^H6963 said^H559^(H8802), Cry^H7121^(H8798). And he said^H559^(H8804), What shall I cry^H7121^(H8799)? All flesh^H1320 is grass^H2682, and all the goodliness^H2617 thereof is as the flower^H6731 of the field^H7704:

⁷ The grass withers, the flower fades, because Yahweh’s breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.

KJVThe grass^H2682 withereth^H3001^(H8804), the flower^H6731 fadeth^H5034^(H8804): because the spirit^H7307 of the LORD^H3068 bloweth^H5380^(H8804) upon it: surely^H403 the people^H5971 is grass^H2682.

⁸ The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”

KJVThe grass^H2682 withereth^H3001^(H8804), the flower^H6731 fadeth^H5034^(H8804): but the word^H1697 of our God^H430 shall stand^H6965^(H8799) for ever^H5769.

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!”

KJVO Zion^H6726, that bringest good tidings^H1319^(H8764), get thee up^H5927^(H8798) into the high^H1364 mountain^H2022; O Jerusalem^H3389, that bringest good tidings^H1319^(H8764), lift up^H7311^(H8685) thy voice^H6963 with strength^H3581; lift it up^H7311^(H8685), be not afraid^H3372^(H8799); say^H559^(H8798) unto the cities^H5892 of Judah^H3063, Behold your God^H430!

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.

KJVBehold, the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069 will come^H935^(H8799) with strong^H2389 hand, and his arm^H2220 shall rule^H4910^(H8802) for him: behold, his reward^H7939 is with him, and his work^H6468 before^H6440 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.

KJVHe shall feed^H7462^(H8799) his flock^H5739 like a shepherd^H7462^(H8802): he shall gather^H6908^(H8762) the lambs^H2922 with his arm^H2220, and carry^H5375^(H8799) them in his bosom^H2436, and shall gently lead^H5095^(H8762) those that are with young^H5763^(H8802).

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?

KJVWho hath measured^H4058^(H8804) the waters^H4325 in the hollow of his hand^H8168, and meted out^H8505^(H8765) heaven^H8064 with the span^H2239, and comprehended^H3557^(H8804) the dust^H6083 of the earth^H776 in a measure^H7991, and weighed^H8254^(H8804) the mountains^H2022 in scales^H6425, and the hills^H1389 in a balance^H3976?

¹³ Who has directed Yahweh’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?

KJVWho hath directed^H8505^(H8765) the Spirit^H7307 of the LORD^H3068, or being his counsellor^H376^H6098 hath taught^H3045^(H8686) him?

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?

KJVWith whom took he counsel^H3289^(H8738), and who instructed^H995^(H8799) him, and taught^H3925^(H8762) him in the path^H734 of judgment^H4941, and taught^H3925^(H8762) him knowledge^H1847, and shewed^H3045^(H8686) to him the way^H1870 of understanding^H8394?

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.

KJVBehold, the nations^H1471 are as a drop^H4752 of a bucket^H1805, and are counted^H2803^(H8738) as the small dust^H7834 of the balance^H3976: behold, he taketh up^H5190^(H8799) the isles^H339 as a very little thing^H1851.

¹⁶ Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.

KJVAnd Lebanon^H3844 is not^H369 sufficient^H1767 to burn^H1197^(H8763), nor the beasts^H2416 thereof sufficient^H1767 for a burnt offering^H5930.

¹⁷ All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

KJVAll nations^H1471 before him are as nothing; and they are counted^H2803^(H8738) to him less than nothing^H657, and vanity^H8414.

¹⁸ To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?

KJVTo whom then will ye liken^H1819^(H8762) God^H410? or what likeness^H1823 will ye compare^H6186^(H8799) unto him?

¹⁹ A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.

KJVThe workman^H2796 melteth^H5258^(H8804) a graven image^H6459, and the goldsmith^H6884^(H8802) spreadeth^H7554^(H8762) it over with gold^H2091, and casteth^H6884^(H8802) silver^H3701 chains^H7577.

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.

KJVHe that is so impoverished^H5533^(H8794)^(H8676)^H5534^(H8765) that he hath no oblation^H8641 chooseth^H977^(H8799) a tree^H6086 that will not rot^H7537^(H8799); he seeketh^H1245^(H8762) unto him a cunning^H2450 workman^H2796 to prepare^H3559^(H8687) a graven image^H6459, that shall not be moved^H4131^(H8735).

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?

KJVHave ye not known^H3045^(H8799)? have ye not heard^H8085^(H8799)? hath it not been told^H5046^(H8717) you from the beginning^H7218? have ye not understood^H995^(H8689) from the foundations^H4146 of the earth^H776?

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,

KJVIt is he that sitteth^H3427^(H8802) upon the circle^H2329 of the earth^H776, and the inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) thereof are as grasshoppers^H2284; that stretcheth out^H5186^(H8802) the heavens^H8064 as a curtain^H1852, and spreadeth them out^H4969^(H8799) as a tent^H168 to dwell in^H3427^(H8800):

²³ who brings princes to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.

KJVThat bringeth^H5414^(H8802) the princes^H7336^(H8802) to nothing; he maketh^H6213^(H8804) the judges^H8199^(H8802) of the earth^H776 as vanity^H8414.

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.

KJVYea, they shall not be planted^H5193^(H8738); yea, they shall not be sown^H2232^(H8795): yea, their stock^H1503 shall not take root^H8327^(H8782) in the earth^H776: and he shall also blow^H5398^(H8804) upon them, and they shall wither^H3001^(H8799), and the whirlwind^H5591 shall take^H5375^(H8799) them away as stubble^H7179.

²⁵ “To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.

KJVTo whom then will ye liken^H1819^(H8762) me, or shall I be equal^H7737^(H8799)? saith^H559^(H8799) the Holy One^H6918.

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.

KJVLift up^H5375^(H8798) your eyes^H5869 on high^H4791, and behold^H7200^(H8798) who hath created^H1254^(H8804) these things, that bringeth out^H3318^(H8688) their host^H6635 by number^H4557: he calleth^H7121^(H8799) them all by names^H8034 by the greatness^H7230 of his might^H202, for that he is strong^H533 in power^H3581; not one^H376 faileth^H5737^(H8738).

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”?

KJVWhy sayest^H559^(H8799) thou, O Jacob^H3290, and speakest^H1696^(H8762), O Israel^H3478, My way^H1870 is hid^H5641^(H8738) from the LORD^H3068, and my judgment^H4941 is passed over^H5674^(H8799) from my God^H430?

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.

KJVHast thou not known^H3045^(H8804)? hast thou not heard^H8085^(H8804), that the everlasting^H5769 God^H430, the LORD^H3068, the Creator^H1254^(H8802) of the ends^H7098 of the earth^H776, fainteth^H3286^(H8799) not, neither is weary^H3021^(H8799)? there is no searching^H2714 of his understanding^H8394.

²⁹ He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.

KJVHe giveth^H5414^(H8802) power^H3581 to the faint^H3287; and to them that have no might^H202 he increaseth^H7235^(H8686) strength^H6109.

³⁰ Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;

KJVEven the youths^H5288 shall faint^H3286^(H8799) and be weary^H3021^(H8799), and the young men^H970 shall utterly^H3782^(H8800) fall^H3782^(H8735):

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.

KJVBut they that wait^H6960^(H8802) upon the LORD^H3068 shall renew^H2498^(H8686) their strength^H3581; they shall mount up^H5927^(H8799) with wings^H83 as eagles^H5404; they shall run^H7323^(H8799), and not be weary^H3021^(H8799); and they shall walk^H3212^(H8799), and not faint^H3286^(H8799).

WEB·Isaiah 39

¹At that time, Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered.

KJVAt that time^H6256 Merodachbaladan^H4757, the son^H1121 of Baladan^H1081, king^H4428 of Babylon^H894, sent^H7971^(H8804) letters^H5612 and a present^H4503 to Hezekiah^H2396: for he had heard^H8085^(H8799) that he had been sick^H2470^(H8804), and was recovered^H2388^(H8799).

² Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn’t show them.

KJVAnd Hezekiah^H2396 was glad^H8055^(H8799) of them, and shewed^H7200^(H8686) them the house^H1004 of his precious things^H5238, the silver^H3701, and the gold^H2091, and the spices^H1314, and the precious^H2896 ointment^H8081, and all the house^H1004 of his armour^H3627, and all that was found^H4672^(H8738) in his treasures^H214: there was nothing^H1697 in his house^H1004, nor in all his dominion^H4475, that Hezekiah^H2396 shewed^H7200^(H8689) them not.

³ Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and asked him, “What did these men say? From where did they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “They have come from a country far from me, even from Babylon.”

KJVThen came^H935^(H8799) Isaiah^H3470 the prophet^H5030 unto king^H4428 Hezekiah^H2396, and said^H559^(H8799) unto him, What said^H559^(H8804) these men^H582? and from whence^H370 came^H935^(H8799) they unto thee? And Hezekiah^H2396 said^H559^(H8799), They are come^H935^(H8804) from a far^H7350 country^H776 unto me, even from Babylon^H894.

⁴ Then he asked, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.”

KJVThen said^H559^(H8799) he, What have they seen^H7200^(H8804) in thine house^H1004? And Hezekiah^H2396 answered^H559^(H8799), All that is in mine house^H1004 have they seen^H7200^(H8804): there is nothing^H1697 among my treasures^H214 that I have not shewed^H7200^(H8689) them.

⁵ Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of Yahweh of Armies:

KJVThen said^H559^(H8799) Isaiah^H3470 to Hezekiah^H2396, Hear^H8085^(H8798) the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635:

⁶ ‘Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up until today, will be carried to Babylon. Nothing will be left,’ says Yahweh.

KJVBehold, the days^H3117 come^H935^(H8802), that all that is in thine house^H1004, and that which thy fathers^H1 have laid up in store^H686^(H8804) until this day^H3117, shall be carried^H5375^(H8738) to Babylon^H894: nothing^H1697 shall be left^H3498^(H8735), saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068.

⁷ ‘They will take away your sons who will issue from you, whom you shall father, and they will be eunuchs in the king of Babylon’s palace.’”

KJVAnd of thy sons^H1121 that shall issue^H3318^(H8799) from thee, which thou shalt beget^H3205^(H8686), shall they take away^H3947^(H8799); and they shall be eunuchs^H5631 in the palace^H1964 of the king^H4428 of Babylon^H894.

⁸ Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “Yahweh’s word which you have spoken is good.” He said moreover, “For there will be peace and truth in my days.”

KJVThen said^H559^(H8799) Hezekiah^H2396 to Isaiah^H3470, Good^H2896 is the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 which thou hast spoken^H1696^(H8765). He said^H559^(H8799) moreover, For there shall be peace^H7965 and truth^H571 in my days^H3117.

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