Isaiah 40

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¹Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

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

² Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she hath received of Jehovah'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 that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway 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; and 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 and the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Jehovah hath 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. And one said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as 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 withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is 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 withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand 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 O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up on a high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto 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 Jehovah 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, [and] will gently lead those that 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 hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, 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 hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

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

¹⁴ With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed to 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 as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as 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 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof 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 as nothing before him; they are accounted 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 ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

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

¹⁹ The image, a workman hath cast [it], and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth [for it] silver chains.

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 that is too impoverished for [such] an oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilful workman to set up a graven image, that shall 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 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not 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 that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as 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 that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

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 Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh 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 ye liken me, that I should be equal [to him]? saith 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 hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that 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 sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from 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 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.

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 giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.

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 shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall 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 they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall 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).

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