Isa 40
1 A Voice Yelling in the Wilderness
Take comfort! take comfort! my people, says your God.
2O priests, speak to the heart of Jerusalem! Comfort her! for [
2was filled up
1her humiliation]; [
3is untied
1her
2sin]; for she received from
the hand of
the LORD double her sins.
3A voice yelling in the wilderness, Prepare the way of
the LORD! [
2straight
1Make] the roads of our God!
4Every ravine shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be lowered; and [
4shall be
1all
2the
3crooked
paths] for straight, and the rough into [
2plains
1smooth].
5And [
4shall be seen
1the
2glory
3of the LORD]; and [
3shall see
1all
2flesh] the deliverance of God, for
the LORD said
it.
6A voice saying, Yell! And I said, What shall I yell? All flesh
is as grass, and all glory of man
is as
the flower of grass.
7[
3is dried
1The
2grass], and the flower fell off, for breath of God breathed in it. Truly the grass is the people.
8[
3is dried
1The
2grass],
the flower fell off, but the word of our God abides into the eon.
9[
2upon
4mountain
3the high
1Ascend]! O one announcing good news of Zion. Raise up high in the strength of your voice! O one announcing good news of Jerusalem. Raise it up high! Do not fear! Say to the cities of Judah! Behold, your God.
10Behold,
the Lord.
The LORD [
2with
3strength
1comes], even the arm with dominion. Behold, his wage
is with him, and the work before him.
11As a shepherd, he shall tend his flock; and his arm shall gather
the lambs, and [
3one in
4the womb
2the one having
1he shall comfort].
12 Israel's Incomparable God
Who measured [
3with the
4hand
1the
2water], and the heaven with a span, and all the earth in a handful? Who established the mountains weight, and the groves in a yoke
balance scale?
13Who knew
the mind of
the LORD? and who [
2his
3counselor
1became]? Who shall instruct him?
14Or whom did he take up advice with, and instructed him? Or who showed to him equity? Or [
4a way
5of understanding
1who
2showed
3to him]?
15Since all the nations [
2as
3a drop
4from
5a pail
6and
7as
8the crux
9of a yoke
balance scale 1were considered]; and [
2as
3saliva
1they are considered].
16 And Lebanon
is not fit for burning, and all the four-footed are not fit for a whole offering;
17and all the nations [
2as
3nothing
1are], and [
2as
3nothing
1were considered] to him.
18To whom did you liken
the LORD, and to what representation did you liken him?
19Has not [
3an image
2made
1the fabricator]? or
the goldsmith having cast gold, gilt it over, [
3for a representation
1and carefully prepared
2it]?
20[
5wood
1For
4incorruptible
3chooses
2the fabricator], and wisely seeks how to station his image, that it should not be shaken.
21Will you not know? Will you not hear? Was it not announced from
the beginning to you? Did you not know the foundations of the earth?
22He is the one controlling the curve of the earth, and the ones dwelling in it
are as locusts;
He is the one establishing [
3as
4a vault
1the
2heaven], and extending it out as a tent to dwell in;
23the one establishing rulers [
2as
3nothing
1to rule]; [
3the
1and
4earth
5as
6nothing
2he made].
24For in no way shall they plant, nor shall they sow, nor shall they be rooted in the earth of their root. He breathed upon them, and they were dried up; and a blast [
3as
4sticks
1shall take
2them
away].
25Now then, to whom did you liken me that I shall be exalted, said the holy one?
26Look up into
the height with your eyes, and behold! Who introduced all these
things? The one bringing forth [
2by
3number
1his cosmos] [
2all
things 3by
4name
1shall call] by great glory, and by
the might of strength. Nothing
of which you
are unaware.
27[
3not
1For
2you should] say, O Jacob, and why did you speak, O Israel,
saying, [
2was concealed
1My way] from God, and my God [
2judgment
1removed], and departed.
28And now, did you not know?
Have you not heard? [
2God
1the eternal], the God carefully preparing the tips of the earth, he shall not hunger nor tire, nor is
there a finding out of his intelligence;
29giving [
2to the ones
3hungering
1strength], and [
2to the ones
3not
4grieving
1distress].
30[
3shall hunger
1For
2younger
men], and [
2shall tire
1the young], and
the chosen
men [
2without strength
1will be].
31But the ones waiting upon God shall change in strength; they shall grow wings as eagles; they shall run and shall not tire; they shall proceed and shall not hunger.