CINXE.COM

Isaiah 40 Legacy Standard Bible

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Isaiah 40 Legacy Standard Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/40.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/40-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSB</a> > Isaiah 40</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/39.htm" title="Isaiah 39">&#9668;</a> Isaiah 40 <a href="../isaiah/41.htm" title="Isaiah 41">&#9658;</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/40.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">&#9658;&#9658;&nbsp;</a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">The Glory of Yahweh Will Be Revealed</p><p><CC><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>&#8220;Comfort, O comfort My people,&#8221; says your God. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>&#8220;Speak to the heart of Jerusalem; <p class="indent2">And call out to her, that her <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>warfare has been fulfilled, <p class="indent2">That her <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>iniquity has been removed, <p class="indent2">That she has received from the hand of Yahweh <p class="indent2">Double for all her sins.&#8221; <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>A voice <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>is calling, <p class="indent2">&#8220;Prepare the way for Yahweh in the wilderness; <p class="indent2">Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Let every valley be lifted up, <p class="indent2">And every mountain and hill be made low; <p class="indent2">And let the rough ground become a plain, <p class="indent2">And the rugged terrain a broad valley; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>Then the glory of Yahweh will be revealed, <p class="indent2">And all flesh will see <i>it</i> together; <p class="indent2">For the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.&#8221; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>A voice says, &#8220;Call out.&#8221; <p class="indent2">Then <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>he answered, &#8220;What shall I call out?&#8221; <p class="indent2">All flesh is grass, and all its lovingkindness is like the flower of the field. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The grass <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>withers, the flower fades, <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>When the breath of Yahweh blows upon it; <p class="indent2">Surely the people are grass. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The grass <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>withers, the flower fades, <p class="indent2">But the word of our God stands forever. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Get yourself up on a high mountain, <p class="indent2">O Zion, bearer of good news, <p class="indent2">Raise up your voice powerfully, <p class="indent2">O Jerusalem, bearer of good news; <p class="indent2">Raise <i>it</i> up, do not fear. <p class="indent2">Say to the cities of Judah, <p class="indent2">&#8220;Behold your God!&#8221; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Behold, Lord Yahweh will come with strength, <p class="indent2">With His arm ruling for Him. <p class="indent2">Behold, His reward is with Him <p class="indent2">And His recompense before Him. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Like a shepherd He will shepherd His flock; <p class="indent2">In His arm He will gather the lambs <p class="indent2">And carry <i>them</i> in His bosom; <p class="indent2">He will gently lead the nursing <i>ewes</i>. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Who has measured the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>waters in the hollow of His hand, <p class="indent2">And <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>encompassed the heavens by the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>span, <p class="indent2">And <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, <p class="indent2">And weighed the mountains in a balance <p class="indent2">And the hills in a pair of scales? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Who has <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>encompassed the Spirit of Yahweh, <p class="indent2">Or as His counselor has informed Him? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>With whom did He take counsel and <i>who</i> gave Him understanding? <p class="indent2">And <i>who</i> taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge <p class="indent2">And made Him know the way of understanding? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, <p class="indent2">And are counted as a speck of dust on the scales; <p class="indent2">Behold, He lifts up the coastlands like fine dust. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, <p class="indent2">Nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering. <p class="indent1"><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">They are counted by Him as non-existent and <i>utterly</i> formless. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>To whom then will you liken God? <p class="indent2">Or what likeness will you compare with Him? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><i>As for</i> the graven images, a craftsman casts it, <p class="indent2">A goldsmith plates it with gold, <p class="indent2">And a silversmith <i>fashions</i> chains of silver. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He who is too impoverished <i>to make such</i> a contribution <p class="indent2">Chooses a tree that does not rot; <p class="indent2">He seeks out for himself a wise craftsman <p class="indent2">To <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>prepare a graven image that will not be shaken. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Do you not know? Have you not heard? <p class="indent2">Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? <p class="indent2">Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>It is He who <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>inhabits above the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>circle of the earth, <p class="indent2">And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; <p class="indent2">It is He who stretches out the heavens like a curtain <p class="indent2">And spreads them out like a tent to inhabit. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>It is He who reduces rulers to nothing, <p class="indent2">Who makes the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>judges of the earth <i>utterly</i> formless. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>Scarcely have they been planted; <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>Scarcely have they been sown; <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>Scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth, <p class="indent2">But He merely blows on them, and they <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>wither, <p class="indent2">And the storm carries them away like stubble. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>&#8220;To whom then will you liken Me <p class="indent2">That I would be <i>his</i> equal?&#8221; says the Holy One. <p class="indent1"><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">And see who has created these <i>stars</i>, <p class="indent2">The One who leads forth their host by number, <p class="indent2">He calls them all by name; <p class="indent2">Because of the greatness of His vigor and the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>strength of <i>His</i> power, <p class="indent2">Not one <i>of them</i> is missing. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel, <p class="indent2">&#8220;My way is hidden from Yahweh, <p class="indent2">And the justice due me passes by my God&#8221;? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Do you not know? Have you not heard? <p class="indent2">The Everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, <p class="indent2">Does not become weary or tired. <p class="indent2">His understanding is unsearchable. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>He gives power to the weary, <p class="indent2">And to <i>him who</i> lacks vigor He increases might. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Though youths grow weary and tired, <p class="indent2">And choice young men stumble badly, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/40-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Yet those who hope in Yahweh <p class="indent2">Will gain new power; <p class="indent2">They will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>mount up <i>with</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>wings like eagles; <p class="indent2">They will run and not get tired; <p class="indent2">They will walk and not become weary.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">2</span> Or <i>hard service</i><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> Or <i>penalty of iniquity has been accepted as paid off</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i>of one calling out</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Or <i>In order that the</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>I said</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>dries up</i>, cf. 42:15; Ps 90:5-6<br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>Because</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>dries up</i>, cf. 42:15; Ps 90:5-6<br><span class="fnverse">12</span> DSS <i>waters of the sea</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Or <i>measured</i>, <i>marked off</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> A span was approx. 9 in. or 23 cm<br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>contained</i>, <i>comprehended</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Or <i>measured</i>, <i>marked off</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> Or <i>set up</i><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> Or <i>is enthroned</i><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> Or <i>vault</i><br><span class="fnverse">23</span> Or <i>leaders</i><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Or <i>Not even</i><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Or <i>Not even</i><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Or <i>Not even</i><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Or <i>dry up</i>, cf. 42:15; Ps 90:5-6<br><span class="fnverse">26</span> As in DSS and ancient versions; M.T. <i>strong</i><br><span class="fnverse">31</span> Or <i>sprout wings</i><br><span class="fnverse">31</span> Or <i>pinions</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright &copy;2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with<br>Three Sixteen Publishing Inc.<br>LSBible.org<br><br>For Permission to Quote Information visit <a href="http://www.LSBible.org">http://www.LSBible.org</a>.<br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/39.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 39"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 39" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/41.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 41"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 41" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10