Isaiah 40 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Isaiah 41

¹“Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let’s meet together for judgment.

KJVKeep silence^H2790^(H8685) before me, O islands^H339; and let the people^H3816 renew^H2498^(H8686) their strength^H3581: let them come near^H5066^(H8799); then let them speak^H1696^(H8762): let us come near^H7126^(H8799) together^H3162 to judgment^H4941.

² Who has raised up one from the east? Who called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands over nations to him and makes him rule over kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble to his bow.

KJVWho raised up^H5782^(H8689) the righteous^H6664 man from the east^H4217, called^H7121^(H8799) him to his foot^H7272, gave^H5414^(H8799) the nations^H1471 before^H6440 him, and made him rule^H7287^(H8686) over kings^H4428? he gave^H5414^(H8799) them as the dust^H6083 to his sword^H2719, and as driven^H5086^(H8737) stubble^H7179 to his bow^H7198.

³ He pursues them and passes by safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.

KJVHe pursued^H7291^(H8799) them, and passed^H5674^(H8799) safely^H7965; even by the way^H734 that he had not gone^H935^(H8799) with his feet^H7272.

⁴ Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”

KJVWho hath wrought^H6466^(H8804) and done^H6213^(H8804) it, calling^H7121^(H8802) the generations^H1755 from the beginning^H7218? I the LORD^H3068, the first^H7223, and with the last^H314; I am he.

⁵ The islands have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach, and come.

KJVThe isles^H339 saw^H7200^(H8804) it, and feared^H3372^(H8799); the ends^H7098 of the earth^H776 were afraid^H2729^(H8799), drew near^H7126^(H8804), and came^H857^(H8799).

⁶ Everyone helps his neighbor. They say to their brothers, “Be strong!”

KJVThey helped^H5826^(H8799) every one^H376 his neighbour^H7453; and every one said^H559^(H8799) to his brother^H251, Be of good courage^H2388^(H8798).

⁷ So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smooths with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good;” and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.

KJVSo the carpenter^H2796 encouraged^H2388^(H8762) the goldsmith^H6884^(H8802), and he that smootheth^H2505^(H8688) with the hammer^H6360 him that smote^H1986^(H8802) the anvil^H6471, saying^H559^(H8802), It is ready^H2896 for the sodering^H1694: and he fastened^H2388^(H8762) it with nails^H4548, that it should not be moved^H4131^(H8735).

⁸ “But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend,

KJVBut thou, Israel^H3478, art my servant^H5650, Jacob^H3290 whom I have chosen^H977^(H8804), the seed^H2233 of Abraham^H85 my friend^H157^(H8802).

⁹ you whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its corners, and said to you, ‘You are my servant. I have chosen you and have not cast you away.’

KJVThou whom I have taken^H2388^(H8689) from the ends^H7098 of the earth^H776, and called^H7121^(H8804) thee from the chief men^H678 thereof, and said^H559^(H8799) unto thee, Thou art my servant^H5650; I have chosen^H977^(H8804) thee, and not cast thee away^H3988^(H8804).

¹⁰ Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

KJVFear^H3372^(H8799) thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed^H8159^(H8691); for I am thy God^H430: I will strengthen^H553^(H8765) thee; yea, I will help^H5826^(H8804) thee; yea, I will uphold^H8551^(H8804) thee with the right hand^H3225 of my righteousness^H6664.

¹¹ Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.

KJVBehold, all they that were incensed^H2734^(H8737) against thee shall be ashamed^H954^(H8799) and confounded^H3637^(H8735): they shall be as nothing; and they^H582 that strive^H7379 with thee shall perish^H6^(H8799).

¹² You will seek them, and won’t find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a nonexistent thing.

KJVThou shalt seek^H1245^(H8762) them, and shalt not find^H4672^(H8799) them, even them^H582 that contended^H4695 with thee: they that war^H4421 against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought^H657.

¹³ For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’

KJVFor I the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 will hold^H2388^(H8688) thy right hand^H3225, saying^H559^(H8802) unto thee, Fear^H3372^(H8799) not; I will help^H5826^(H8804) thee.

¹⁴ Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

KJVFear^H3372^(H8799) not, thou worm^H8438 Jacob^H3290, and ye men^H4962 of Israel^H3478; I will help^H5826^(H8804) thee, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068, and thy redeemer^H1350^(H8802), the Holy One^H6918 of Israel^H3478.

¹⁵ Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and will make the hills like chaff.

KJVBehold, I will make^H7760^(H8804) thee a new^H2319 sharp^H2742 threshing^H4173 instrument having^H1167 teeth^H6374: thou shalt thresh^H1758^(H8799) the mountains^H2022, and beat them small^H1854^(H8799), and shalt make^H7760^(H8799) the hills^H1389 as chaff^H4671.

¹⁶ You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in Yahweh. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

KJVThou shalt fan^H2219^(H8799) them, and the wind^H7307 shall carry them away^H5375^(H8799), and the whirlwind^H5591 shall scatter^H6327^(H8686) them: and thou shalt rejoice^H1523^(H8799) in the LORD^H3068, and shalt glory^H1984^(H8691) in the Holy One^H6918 of Israel^H3478.

¹⁷ The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

KJVWhen the poor^H6041 and needy^H34 seek^H1245^(H8764) water^H4325, and there is none, and their tongue^H3956 faileth^H5405^(H8804) for thirst^H6772, I the LORD^H3068 will hear^H6030^(H8799) them, I the God^H430 of Israel^H3478 will not forsake^H5800^(H8799) them.

¹⁸ I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the middle of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

KJVI will open^H6605^(H8799) rivers^H5104 in high places^H8205, and fountains^H4599 in the midst^H8432 of the valleys^H1237: I will make^H7760^(H8799) the wilderness^H4057 a pool^H98 of water^H4325, and the dry^H6723 land^H776 springs^H4161 of water^H4325.

¹⁹ I will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness. I will set cypress trees, pine, and box trees together in the desert;

KJVI will plant^H5414^(H8799) in the wilderness^H4057 the cedar^H730, the shittah tree^H7848, and the myrtle^H1918, and the oil^H8081 tree^H6086; I will set^H7760^(H8799) in the desert^H6160 the fir tree^H1265, and the pine^H8410, and the box tree^H8391 together^H3162:

²⁰ that they may see, know, consider, and understand together, that Yahweh’s hand has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.

KJVThat they may see^H7200^(H8799), and know^H3045^(H8799), and consider^H7760^(H8799), and understand^H7919^(H8686) together^H3162, that the hand^H3027 of the LORD^H3068 hath done^H6213^(H8804) this, and the Holy One^H6918 of Israel^H3478 hath created^H1254^(H8804) it.

²¹ Produce your cause,” says Yahweh. “Bring out your strong reasons!” says the King of Jacob.

KJVProduce^H7126^(H8761) your cause^H7379, saith^H559^(H8799) the LORD^H3068; bring forth^H5066^(H8685) your strong^H6110 reasons, saith^H559^(H8799) the King^H4428 of Jacob^H3290.

²² “Let them announce and declare to us what will happen! Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.

KJVLet them bring them forth^H5066^(H8686), and shew^H5046^(H8686) us what shall happen^H7136^(H8799): let them shew^H5046^(H8685) the former things^H7223, what they be, that we may consider^H7760^(H8799)^H3820 them, and know^H3045^(H8799) the latter end^H319 of them; or declare^H8085^(H8685) us things for to come^H935^(H8802).

²³ Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.

KJVShew^H5046^(H8685) the things that are to come^H857^(H8802) hereafter^H268, that we may know^H3045^(H8799) that ye are gods^H430: yea, do good^H3190^(H8686), or do evil^H7489^(H8686), that we may be dismayed^H8159^(H8691), and behold^H7200^(H8799) it together^H3162.

²⁴ Behold, you are nothing, and your work is nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.

KJVBehold, ye are of nothing^H369, and your work^H6467 of nought^H659: an abomination^H8441 is he that chooseth^H977^(H8799) you.

²⁵ “I have raised up one from the north, and he has come, from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name, and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.

KJVI have raised up^H5782^(H8689) one from the north^H6828, and he shall come^H857^(H8799): from the rising^H4217 of the sun^H8121 shall he call^H7121^(H8799) upon my name^H8034: and he shall come^H935^(H8799) upon princes^H5461 as upon morter^H2563, and as the potter^H3335^(H8802) treadeth^H7429^(H8799) clay^H2916.

²⁶ Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and before, that we may say, ‘He is right’? Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.

KJVWho hath declared^H5046^(H8689) from the beginning^H7218, that we may know^H3045^(H8799)? and beforetime^H6440, that we may say^H559^(H8799), He is righteous^H6662? yea, there is none that sheweth^H5046^(H8688), yea, there is none that declareth^H8085^(H8688), yea, there is none that heareth^H8085^(H8802) your words^H561.

²⁷ I am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’ and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.

KJVThe first^H7223 shall say to Zion^H6726, Behold^H2009, behold^H2009 them: and I will give^H5414^(H8799) to Jerusalem^H3389 one that bringeth good tidings^H1319^(H8764).

²⁸ When I look, there is no man, even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask, can answer a word.

KJVFor I beheld^H7200^(H8799), and there was no man^H376; even among them, and there was no counsellor^H3289^(H8802), that, when I asked^H7592^(H8799) of them, could answer^H7725^(H8686) a word^H1697.

²⁹ Behold, all of their deeds are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.

KJVBehold, they are all vanity^H205; their works^H4639 are nothing^H657: their molten images^H5262 are wind^H7307 and confusion^H8414.

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).

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