40:1 Comfort
ye,
comfort
ye
my
people,
sayth
your
God.
40:2 Speake
ye
comfortably
to
Ierusalem,
and
cry
vnto
her,
that
her
warrefare
is
accomplished,
that
her
iniquitie
is
pardoned:
for
shee
hath
receiued
of
the
Lords
hand
double
for
all
her
sinnes.
40:3 The
voyce
of
him
that
cryeth
in
the
wildernesse,
Prepare
yee
the
way
of
the
Lord,
make
straight
in
the
desert
a
high
way
for
our
God.
40:4 Euery
valley
shalbe
exalted,
and
euery
mountaine
and
hill
shalbe
made
low:
and
the
crooked
shall
be
made
straight,
and
the
rough
places
plaine.
40:5 And
the
glory
of
the
Lord
shall
be
reuealed,
and
all
flesh
shall
see
it
together:
for
the
mouth
of
the
Lord
hath
spoken
it.
40:6 The
voyce
sayd;
Cry.
And
hee
sayd;
What
shall
I
cry
All
flesh
is
grasse,
and
all
the
goodlinesse
thereof
is
as
the
flowre
of
the
field.
40:7 The
grasse
withereth,
the
flowre
fadeth;
because
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
bloweth
vpon
it:
surely
the
people
is
grasse.
40:8 The
grasse
withereth,
the
flowre
fadeth:
but
the
word
of
our
God
shall
stand
for
euer.
40:9 O
Zion,
that
bringest
good
tydings,
get
thee
vp
into
the
high
mountaine:
O
Ierusalem,
that
bringest
good
tidings,
lift
vp
thy
voyce
with
strength,
lift
it
vp,
be
not
afraid:
say
vnto
the
cities
of
Iudah;
Behold
your
God.
40:10 Behold,
the
Lord
God
will
come
with
strong
hand,
and
his
arme
shall
rule
for
him:
behold,
his
reward
is
with
him,
and
his
worke
before
him.
40:11 He
shall
feede
his
flocke
like
a
shepheard:
he
shall
gather
the
lambes
with
his
arme;
and
carie
them
in
his
bosome,
and
shall
gently
lead
those
that
are
with
yoong.
40:12 Who
hath
measured
the
waters
in
the
hollow
of
his
hand
and
meted
out
heauen
with
the
spanne,
and
comprehended
the
dust
of
the
earth
in
a
measure,
and
weighed
the
mountaines
in
scales,
and
the
hilles
in
a
balance
40:13 Who
hath
directed
the
spirit
of
the
Lord,
or,
being
his
counseller,
hath
taught
him
40:14 With
whom
tooke
he
counsell,
and
who
instructed
him,
and
taught
him
in
the
path
of
iudgement
and
taught
him
knowledge,
and
shewed
to
him
the
way
of
vnderstanding
40:15 Behold,
the
nations
are
as
a
drop
of
a
bucket,
and
are
counted
as
the
small
dust
of
the
balance:
behold,
hee
taketh
vp
the
yles
as
a
very
litle
thing.
40:16 And
Lebanon
is
not
sufficient
to
burne,
nor
the
beasts
thereof
sufficient
for
a
burnt
offring.
40:17 All
nations
before
him
are
as
nothing,
and
they
are
counted
to
him
lesse
then
nothing,
and
vanitie.
40:18 To
whom
then
will
ye
liken
God
or
what
likenesse
will
ye
compare
vnto
him
40:19 The
workeman
melteth
a
grauen
image,
and
the
goldsmith
spreadeth
it
ouer
with
golde,
and
casteth
siluer
chaines.
40:20 He
that
is
so
impouerished
that
he
hath
no
oblation,
chooseth
a
tree
that
will
not
rot;
he
seeketh
vnto
him
a
cunning
workeman,
to
prepare
a
grauen
image
that
shall
not
be
mooued.
40:21 Haue
yee
not
knowen
haue
yee
not
heard
hath
it
not
beene
tolde
you
from
the
beginning
haue
yee
not
vnderstood
from
the
foundations
of
the
earth
40:22 It
is
he
that
sitteth
vpon
the
circle
of
the
earth,
and
the
inhabitants
thereof
are
as
grashoppers;
that
stretcheth
out
the
heauens
as
a
curtaine,
and
spreadeth
them
out
as
a
tent
to
dwel
in:
40:23 That
bringeth
the
princes
to
nothing;
hee
maketh
the
Iudges
of
the
earth
as
vanitie.
40:24 Yea
they
shal
not
be
planted,
yea
they
shall
not
be
sowen,
yea
their
stocke
shall
not
take
roote
in
the
earth:
and
he
shall
also
blow
vpon
them,
&
they
shall
wither,
and
the
whirlewinde
shall
take
them
away
as
stubble.
40:25 To
whom
then
will
ye
liken
me,
or
shal
I
be
equall,
saith
the
Holy
One
40:26 Lift
vp
your
eyes
on
high,
and
behold
who
hath
created
these
things,
that
bringeth
out
their
host
by
number:
he
calleth
them
all
by
names,
by
the
greatnesse
of
his
might,
for
that
hee
is
strong
in
power,
not
one
faileth.
40:27 Why
sayest
thou,
O
Iacob,
and
speakest
O
Israel,
My
way
is
hid
from
the
Lord,
and
my
iudgement
is
passed
ouer
from
my
God
40:28 Hast
thou
not
knowen
hast
thou
not
heard,
that
the
euerlasting
God,
the
Lord,
the
Creatour
of
the
ends
of
the
earth,
fainteth
not,
neither
is
wearie
there
is
no
searching
of
his
vnderstanding.
40:29 He
giueth
power
to
the
faint,
and
to
them
that
haue
no
might,
he
increaseth
strength.
40:30 Euen
the
youths
shall
faint,
and
be
weary,
and
the
yong
men
shall
vtterly
fall.
40:31 But
they
that
waite
vpon
the
Lord,
shall
renew
their
strength:
they
shall
mount
vp
with
wings
as
Eagles,
they
shal
runne
and
not
be
weary,
and
they
shall
walke,
and
not
faint.