Isaiah 40 NASB 1977

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<br>            And call out to her, that her warfare has ended, <br>            That her iniquity has been removed, <br>            That she has received of the LORD’s hand <br>            Double for all her sins.” <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>A voice is calling, <br>            “Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness; <br>            Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Let every valley be lifted up, <br>            And every mountain and hill be made low; <br>            And let the rough ground become a plain, <br>            And the rugged terrain a broad valley; <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, <br>            And all flesh will see <i>it</i> together; <br>            For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.” <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>A voice says, “Call out.” <br>            Then he answered, “What shall I call out?” <br>            All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field. <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The grass withers, the flower fades, <br>            When the breath of the LORD blows upon it; <br>            Surely the people are grass. <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The grass withers, the flower fades, <br>            But the word of our God stands forever. <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Get yourself up on a high mountain, <br>            O Zion, bearer of good news, <br>            Lift up your voice mightily, <br>            O Jerusalem, bearer of good news; <br>            Lift <i>it</i> up, do not fear. <br>            Say to the cities of Judah, <br>            “Here is your God!” <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Behold, the Lord GOD will come with might, <br>            With His arm ruling for Him. <br>            Behold, His reward is with Him, <br>            And His recompense before Him. <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Like a shepherd He will tend His flock, <br>            In His arm He will gather the lambs, <br>            And carry <i>them</i> in His bosom; <br>            He will gently lead the nursing <i>ewes.</i> <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, <br>            And marked off the heavens by the span, <br>            And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, <br>            And weighed the mountains in a balance, <br>            And the hills in a pair of scales? <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, <br>            Or as His counselor has informed Him? <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>With whom did He consult and <i>who</i> gave Him understanding? <br>            And <i>who</i> taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge, <br>            And informed Him of the way of understanding? <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, <br>            And are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales; <br>            Behold, He lifts up the islands like fine dust. <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, <br>            Nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering. <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>All the nations are as nothing before Him, <br>            They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless. <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>To whom then will you liken God? <br>            Or what likeness will you compare with Him? <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><i>As for</i> the idol, a craftsman casts it, <br>            A goldsmith plates it with gold, <br>            And a silversmith <i>fashions</i> chains of silver. <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He who is too impoverished for <i>such</i> an offering <br>            Selects a tree that does not rot; <br>            He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman <br>            To prepare an idol that will not totter. <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Do you not know? Have you not heard? <br>            Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? <br>            Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>It is He who sits above the vault of the earth, <br>            And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, <br>            Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain <br>            And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He <i>it is</i> who reduces rulers to nothing, <br>            Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless. <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Scarcely have they been planted, <br>            Scarcely have they been sown, <br>            Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth, <br>            But He merely blows on them, and they wither, <br>            And the storm carries them away like stubble. <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“To whom then will you liken Me <br>            That I should be <i>his</i> equal?” says the Holy One. <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Lift up your eyes on high <br>            And see who has created these <i>stars,</i> <br>            The One who leads forth their host by number, <br>            He calls them all by name; <br>            Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of <i>His</i> power <br>            Not one <i>of them</i> is missing. <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel, <br>            “My way is hidden from the LORD, <br>            And the justice due me escapes the notice of my God”? <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Do you not know? Have you not heard? <br>            The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth <br>            Does not become weary or tired. <br>            His understanding is inscrutable. <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>He gives strength to the weary, <br>            And to <i>him who</i> lacks might He increases power. <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Though youths grow weary and tired, <br>            And vigorous young men stumble badly, <p>     <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/40-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Yet those who wait for the LORD <br>            Will gain new strength; <br>            They will mount up <i>with</i> wings like eagles, <br>            They will run and not get tired, <br>            They will walk and not become weary.<p></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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