40:1 Comfort,
comfort
my
people,
says
your
God.
40:2 Speak
tenderly
to
Jerusalem,
and
cry
to
her
that
her
warfare
is
ended,
that
her
iniquity
is
pardoned,
that
she
has
received
from
the
LORD's
hand
double
for
all
her
sins.
40:3 A
voice
cries:
"In
the
wilderness
prepare
the
way
of
the
LORD;
make
straight
in
the
desert
a
highway
for
our
God.
40:4 Every
valley
shall
be
lifted
up,
and
every
mountain
and
hill
be
made
low;
the
uneven
ground
shall
become
level,
and
the
rough
places
a
plain.
40:5 And
the
glory
of
the
LORD
shall
be
revealed,
and
all
flesh
shall
see
it
together,
for
the
mouth
of
the
LORD
has
spoken."
40:6 A
voice
says,
"Cry!"
And
I
said,
"What
shall
I
cry"
All
flesh
is
grass,
and
all
its
beauty
is
like
the
flower
of
the
field.
40:7 The
grass
withers,
the
flower
fades
when
the
breath
of
the
LORD
blows
on
it;
surely
the
people
are
grass.
40:8 The
grass
withers,
the
flower
fades,
but
the
word
of
our
God
will
stand
forever.
40:9 Get
you
up
to
a
high
mountain,
O
Zion,
herald
of
good
news;
lift
up
your
voice
with
strength,
O
Jerusalem,
herald
of
good
news;
lift
it
up,
fear
not;
say
to
the
cities
of
Judah,
"Behold
your
God!"
40:10 Behold,
the
Lord
GOD
comes
with
might,
and
his
arm
rules
for
him;
behold,
his
reward
is
with
him,
and
his
recompense
before
him.
40:11 He
will
tend
his
flock
like
a
shepherd;
he
will
gather
the
lambs
in
his
arms;
he
will
carry
them
in
his
bosom,
and
gently
lead
those
that
are
with
young.
40:12 Who
has
measured
the
waters
in
the
hollow
of
his
hand
and
marked
off
the
heavens
with
a
span,
enclosed
the
dust
of
the
earth
in
a
measure
and
weighed
the
mountains
in
scales
and
the
hills
in
a
balance
40:13 Who
has
measured
the
Spirit
of
the
LORD,
or
what
man
shows
him
his
counsel
40:14 Whom
did
he
consult,
and
who
made
him
understand
Who
taught
him
the
path
of
justice,
and
taught
him
knowledge,
and
showed
him
the
way
of
understanding
40:15 Behold,
the
nations
are
like
a
drop
from
a
bucket,
and
are
accounted
as
the
dust
on
the
scales;
behold,
he
takes
up
the
coastlands
like
fine
dust.
40:16 Lebanon
would
not
suffice
for
fuel,
nor
are
its
beasts
enough
for
a
burnt
offering.
40:17 All
the
nations
are
as
nothing
before
him,
they
are
accounted
by
him
as
less
than
nothing
and
emptiness.
40:18 To
whom
then
will
you
liken
God,
or
what
likeness
compare
with
him
40:19 An
idol!
A
craftsman
casts
it,
and
a
goldsmith
overlays
it
with
gold
and
casts
for
it
silver
chains.
40:20 He
who
is
too
impoverished
for
an
offering
chooses
wood
that
will
not
rot;
he
seeks
out
a
skillful
craftsman
to
set
up
an
idol
that
will
not
move.
40:21 Do
you
not
know
Do
you
not
hear
Has
it
not
been
told
you
from
the
beginning
Have
you
not
understood
from
the
foundations
of
the
earth
40:22 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
like
a
tent
to
dwell
in;
40:23 who
brings
princes
to
nothing,
and
makes
the
rulers
of
the
earth
as
emptiness.
40:24 Scarcely
are
they
planted,
scarcely
sown,
scarcely
has
their
stem
taken
root
in
the
earth,
when
he
blows
on
them,
and
they
wither,
and
the
tempest
carries
them
off
like
stubble.
40:25 To
whom
then
will
you
compare
me,
that
I
should
be
like
him
says
the
Holy
One.
40:26 Lift
up
your
eyes
on
high
and
see:
who
created
these
He
who
brings
out
their
host
by
number,
calling
them
all
by
name,
by
the
greatness
of
his
might,
and
because
he
is
strong
in
power
not
one
is
missing.
40:27 Why
do
you
say,
O
Jacob,
and
speak,
O
Israel,
"My
way
is
hidden
from
the
LORD,
and
my
right
is
disregarded
by
my
God"
40:28 Have
you
not
known
Have
you
not
heard
The
LORD
is
the
everlasting
God,
the
Creator
of
the
ends
of
the
earth.
He
does
not
faint
or
grow
weary;
his
understanding
is
unsearchable.
40:29 He
gives
power
to
the
faint,
and
to
him
who
has
no
might
he
increases
strength.
40:30 Even
youths
shall
faint
and
be
weary,
and
young
men
shall
fall
exhausted;
40:31 but
they
who
wait
for
the
LORD
shall
renew
their
strength;
they
shall
mount
up
with
wings
like
eagles;
they
shall
run
and
not
be
weary;
they
shall
walk
and
not
faint.