Comfort <H5162> ye, comfort <H5162> ye my people, <H5971> saith <H0559> your God. <H0430>
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Speak <H1696> ye comfortably <H3820> to Jerusalem, <H3389> and cry <H7121> unto her, that her warfare <H6635> is accomplished, <H4390> that her iniquity <H5771> is pardoned: <H7521> for she hath received <H3947> of the LORD'S <H3068> hand <H3027> double <H3718> for all her sins. <H2403>
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The voice <H6963> of him that crieth <H7121> in the wilderness, <H4057> Prepare <H6437> ye the way <H1870> of the LORD, <H3068> make straight <H3474> in the desert <H6160> a highway <H4546> for our God. <H0430>
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Every valley <H1516> shall be exalted, <H5375> and every mountain <H2022> and hill <H1389> shall be made low: <H8213> and the crooked <H6121> shall be made straight, <H4334> and the rough places <H7406> plain: <H1237>
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And the glory <H3519> of the LORD <H3068> shall be revealed, <H1540> and all flesh <H1320> shall see <H7200> [it] together: <H3162> for the mouth <H6310> of the LORD <H3068> hath spoken <H1696> [it].
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The voice <H6963> said, <H0559> Cry. <H7121> And he said, <H0559> What shall I cry? <H7121> All flesh <H1320> [is] grass, <H2682> and all the goodliness <H2617> thereof [is] as the flower <H6731> of the field: <H7704>
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The grass <H2682> withereth, <H3001> the flower <H6731> fadeth: <H5034> because the spirit <H7307> of the LORD <H3068> bloweth <H5380> upon it: surely <H0403> the people <H5971> [is] grass. <H2682>
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The grass <H2682> withereth, <H3001> the flower <H6731> fadeth: <H5034> but the word <H1697> of our God <H0430> shall stand <H6965> for ever. <H5769>
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O Zion, <H6726> that bringest good tidings, <H1319> get thee up <H5927> into the high <H1364> mountain; <H2022> O Jerusalem, <H3389> that bringest good tidings, <H1319> lift up <H7311> thy voice <H6963> with strength; <H3581> lift [it] up, <H7311> be not afraid; <H3372> say <H0559> unto the cities <H5892> of Judah, <H3063> Behold your God! <H0430>
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Behold, the Lord <H0136> GOD <H3069> will come <H0935> with strong <H2389> [hand], and his arm <H2220> shall rule <H4910> for him: behold, his reward <H7939> [is] with him, and his work <H6468> before <H6440> him.
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He shall feed <H7462> his flock <H5739> like a shepherd: <H7462> he shall gather <H6908> the lambs <H2922> with his arm, <H2220> and carry <H5375> [them] in his bosom, <H2436> [and] shall gently lead <H5095> those that are with young. <H5763>
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Who hath measured <H4058> the waters <H4325> in the hollow of his hand, <H8168> and meted <H8505> out heaven <H8064> with the span, <H2239> and comprehended <H3557> the dust <H6083> of the earth <H0776> in a measure, <H7991> and weighed <H8254> the mountains <H2022> in scales, <H6425> and the hills <H1389> in a balance? <H3976>
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Who hath directed <H8505> the Spirit <H7307> of the LORD, <H3068> or [being] his counsellor <H0376> <H6098> hath taught <H3045> him?
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With whom took he counsel, <H3289> and [who] instructed <H0995> him, and taught <H3925> him in the path <H0734> of judgment, <H4941> and taught <H3925> him knowledge, <H1847> and shewed <H3045> to him the way <H1870> of understanding? <H8394>
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Behold, the nations <H1471> [are] as a drop <H4752> of a bucket, <H1805> and are counted <H2803> as the small dust <H7834> of the balance: <H3976> behold, he taketh up <H5190> the isles <H0339> as a very little thing. <H1851>
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And Lebanon <H3844> [is] not <H0369> sufficient <H1767> to burn, <H1197> nor <H0369> the beasts <H2416> thereof sufficient <H1767> for a burnt offering. <H5930>
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All nations <H1471> before him [are] as nothing; and they are counted <H2803> to him less than nothing, <H0657> and vanity. <H8414>
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To whom then will ye liken <H1819> God? <H0410> or what likeness <H1823> will ye compare <H6186> unto him?
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The workman <H2796> melteth <H5258> a graven image, <H6459> and the goldsmith <H6884> spreadeth <H7554> it over with gold, <H2091> and casteth <H6884> silver <H3701> chains. <H7577>
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He that [is] so impoverished <H5533> that he hath no oblation <H8641> chooseth <H0977> a tree <H6086> [that] will not rot; <H7537> he seeketh <H1245> unto him a cunning <H2450> workman <H2796> to prepare <H3559> a graven image, <H6459> [that] shall not be moved. <H4131>
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Have ye not known? <H3045> have ye not heard? <H8085> hath it not been told <H5046> you from the beginning? <H7218> have ye not understood <H0995> from the foundations <H4146> of the earth? <H0776>
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[It is] he that sitteth <H3427> upon the circle <H2329> of the earth, <H0776> and the inhabitants <H3427> thereof [are] as grasshoppers; <H2284> that stretcheth out <H5186> the heavens <H8064> as a curtain, <H1852> and spreadeth them out <H4969> as a tent <H0168> to dwell in: <H3427>
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That bringeth <H5414> the princes <H7336> to nothing; he maketh <H6213> the judges <H8199> of the earth <H0776> as vanity. <H8414>
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Yea, they shall not be planted; <H5193> yea, they shall not be sown: <H2232> yea, their stock <H1503> shall not take root <H8327> in the earth: <H0776> and he shall also blow <H5398> upon them, and they shall wither, <H3001> and the whirlwind <H5591> shall take them away <H5375> as stubble. <H7179>
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To whom then will ye liken <H1819> me, or shall I be equal? <H7737> saith <H0559> the Holy One. <H6918>
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Lift up <H5375> your eyes <H5869> on high, <H4791> and behold <H7200> who hath created <H1254> these [things], that bringeth out <H3318> their host <H6635> by number: <H4557> he calleth <H7121> them all by names <H8034> by the greatness <H7230> of his might, <H0202> for that [he is] strong <H0533> in power; <H3581> not one <H0376> faileth. <H5737>
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Why sayest <H0559> thou, O Jacob, <H3290> and speakest, <H1696> O Israel, <H3478> My way <H1870> is hid <H5641> from the LORD, <H3068> and my judgment <H4941> is passed over <H5674> from my God? <H0430>
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Hast thou not known? <H3045> hast thou not heard, <H8085> [that] the everlasting <H5769> God, <H0430> the LORD, <H3068> the Creator <H1254> of the ends <H7098> of the earth, <H0776> fainteth <H3286> not, neither is weary? <H3021> [there is] no searching <H2714> of his understanding. <H8394>
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He giveth <H5414> power <H3581> to the faint; <H3287> and to [them that have] no might <H0202> he increaseth <H7235> strength. <H6109>
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Even the youths <H5288> shall faint <H3286> and be weary, <H3021> and the young men <H0970> shall utterly <H3782> fall: <H3782>
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But they that wait <H6960> upon the LORD <H3068> shall renew <H2498> [their] strength; <H3581> they shall mount up <H5927> with wings <H0083> as eagles; <H5404> they shall run, <H7323> and not be weary; <H3021> [and] they shall walk, <H3212> and not faint. <H3286>