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Isaiah 40

A new major section opens with comfort for Jerusalem: her warfare will end, a voice prepares the LORD’s way, God’s word stands forever, the incomparable Creator comes as Shepherd, and weary people are renewed by waiting on Him.

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Verses 1–2The LORD speaks comfort to Jerusalem because her warfare is accomplished Verses 3–8A voice prepares the LORD’s way, and human flesh fades while God’s word stands Verses 9–11Zion is told to announce, Behold your God, who comes as ruler and shepherd Verses 12–17No one can measure, direct, or compare with the Creator Verses 18–26Idols cannot be compared with the One who calls the stars by name Verses 27–31The everlasting God gives strength to the faint and renews those who wait on him

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1Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.2Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that…3The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare…4Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill…5And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and…6The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I…7The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of…8The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of…9O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into…10Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and…11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall…12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his…13Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being…14With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and…15Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket,…16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts…17All nations before him are as nothing; and they are…18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness…19The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth…20He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation…21Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it…22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the…23That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges…24Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not…25To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I…26Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath…27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My…28Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the…29He giveth power to the faint; and to them that…30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the…31But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their…