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<a href ="../mark/1.htm">Mark 1:1–8</a>; <a href ="../luke/3.htm">Luke 3:1–20</a>; <a href ="../john/1.htm#19">John 1:19–28</a>)</span><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“Comfort, comfort My people,” <p class="indent2"> says your God. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, <p class="indent2"> and proclaim to her <p class="indent1"> that her forced labor has been completed; <p class="indent2"> her iniquity has been pardoned. <p class="indent1"> For she has received from the hand of the LORD <p class="indent2"> double for all her sins.” <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>A voice of one calling: <p class="indent1stline">“Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent2"> make a straight highway for our God in the desert.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Every valley shall be lifted up, <p class="indent2"> and every mountain and hill made low; <p class="indent1"> the uneven ground will become smooth, <p class="indent2"> and the rugged land a plain.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, <p class="indent2"> and all humanity together will see it.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <p class="selah"> For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.” <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">The Enduring Word<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_peter/1.htm#22">1 Peter 1:22–25</a>)</span><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>A voice says, “Cry out!” <p class="indent2"> And I asked, “What should I cry out?” <p class="indent1">“All flesh is like grass, <p class="indent2"> and all its glory like the flowers of the field. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The grass withers and the flowers fall <p class="indent2"> when the breath of the LORD blows on them; <p class="indent2"> indeed, the people are grass. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The grass withers and the flowers fall, <p class="indent2"> but the word of our God stands forever.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="10"></a><p class="hdg">Here Is Your God!<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../romans/11.htm#33">Romans 11:33–36</a>)</span><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Go up on a high mountain, <p class="indent2"> O Zion, herald of good news. <p class="indent1"> Raise your voice loudly, <p class="indent2"> O Jerusalem, herald of good news. <p class="indent1"> Lift it up,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> <p class="indent2"> do not be afraid! <p class="indent1"> Say to the cities of Judah, <p class="indent2">“Here is your God!” <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, <p class="indent2"> and His arm establishes His rule. <p class="indent1"> His reward is with Him, <p class="indent2"> and His recompense accompanies Him. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He tends His flock like a shepherd; <p class="indent2"> He gathers the lambs in His arms <p class="indent1"> and carries them close to His heart. <p class="indent2"> He gently leads the nursing ewes. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, <p class="indent2"> or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? <p class="indent1"> Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, <p class="indent2"> or weighed the mountains on a scale <p class="indent2"> and the hills with a balance? <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> <p class="indent2"> or informed Him as His counselor?<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, <p class="indent2"> and who taught Him the paths of justice? <p class="indent1"> Who imparted knowledge to Him <p class="indent2"> and showed Him the way of understanding? <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; <p class="indent2"> they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; <p class="indent2"> He lifts up the islands<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">i</a></span> like fine dust. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, <p class="indent2"> nor its animals enough for a burnt offering. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>All the nations are as nothing before Him; <p class="indent2"> He regards them as nothingness and emptiness. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>To whom will you liken God? <p class="indent2"> To what image will you compare Him? <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>To an idol that a craftsman casts <p class="indent2"> and a metalworker overlays with gold <p class="indent2"> and fits with silver chains? <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>To one bereft of an offering <p class="indent2"> who chooses wood that will not rot, <p class="indent1"> who seeks a skilled craftsman <p class="indent2"> to set up an idol that will not topple? <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Do you not know? <p class="indent2"> Have you not heard? <p class="indent1"> Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? <p class="indent2"> Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth? <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; <p class="indent2"> its dwellers are like grasshoppers. <p class="indent1"> He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, <p class="indent2"> and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He brings the princes to nothing <p class="indent2"> and makes the rulers<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">j</a></span> of the earth meaningless. <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, <p class="indent2"> no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, <p class="indent1"> than He blows on them and they wither, <p class="indent2"> and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble. <A name="26"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“To whom will you liken Me, <p class="indent2"> or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One. <A name="27"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Lift up your eyes on high: <p class="indent2"> Who created all these? <p class="indent1"> He leads forth the starry host by number; <p class="indent2"> He calls each one by name. <p class="indent1"> Because of His great power and mighty strength, <p class="indent2"> not one of them is missing. <A name="28"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Why do you say, O Jacob, <p class="indent2"> and why do you assert, O Israel, <p class="indent1">“My way is hidden from the LORD, <p class="indent2"> and my claim is ignored by my God”? <A name="29"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Do you not know? <p class="indent2"> Have you not heard? <p class="indent1"> The LORD is the everlasting God, <p class="indent2"> the Creator of the ends of the earth. <p class="indent1"> He will not grow tired or weary; <p class="indent2"> His understanding is beyond searching out. <A name="30"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>He gives power to the faint <p class="indent2"> and increases the strength of the weak. <A name="31"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Even youths grow tired and weary, <p class="indent2"> and young men stumble and fall. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; <p class="indent2"> they will mount up with wings like eagles; <p class="indent1"> they will run and not grow weary, <p class="indent2"> they will walk and not faint.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>A voice of one calling in the wilderness: “Prepare the way for the LORD</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> LXX <i>make straight the paths of our God</i><span class="thin"> </span>; cited in <a href="../matthew/3.htm#3">Matthew 3:3</a>, <a href="../mark/1.htm#3">Mark 1:3</a>, <a href="../luke/3.htm#4">Luke 3:4</a>, and <a href="../john/1.htm#23">John 1:23</a><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> LXX <i>Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low. All the crooked ways shall become straight, and the rough places plains.</i><span class="thin"> </span> Cited in <a href="../luke/3.htm#5">Luke 3:5</a><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Literally <i>and all flesh together will see it.</i><span class="thin"> </span> Cited in <a href="../luke/3.htm#6">Luke 3:6</a><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Cited in <a href="../1_peter/1.htm#24">1 Peter 1:24–25</a><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Or <i>O herald of good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. O herald of good news to Jerusalem, lift it up,</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Or <i>mind of the LORD</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see also LXX.<br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> Cited in <a href="../romans/11.htm#34">Romans 11:34</a> and <a href="../1_corinthians/2.htm#16">1 Corinthians 2:16</a><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">i</span> Or <i>coastlands</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">23</span> <span class="footnotesbot">j</span> Or <i>judges</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. 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