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-God's People Comforted
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 # Chapter 40
-1. "Comfort, comfort my people,"
+1 “Comfort, comfort my people,”
 says your God.
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-2. "Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
+2 “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
 and announce to her
 that her time of hard service is over,
 her iniquity has been pardoned,
-and she has received from the Lord's hand
-double 
-for all her sins."
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-3. A voice of one crying out:
+and she has received from the Lord’s hand
+double for all her sins.”
+3 A voice of one crying out:
 Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness;
 make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
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-4. Every valley will be lifted up,
+4 Every valley will be lifted up,
 and every mountain and hill will be leveled;
 the uneven ground will become smooth
 and the rough places, a plain.
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-5. And the glory of the Lord will appear,
+5 And the glory of the Lord will appear,
 and all humanity together will see it,
 for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
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-6. A voice was saying, "Cry out!"
-Another said, "What should I cry out?"
-"All humanity is grass,
+6 A voice was saying, “Cry out!”
+Another said, “What should I cry out?”
+“All humanity is grass,
 and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.
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-7. The grass withers, the flowers fade
+7 The grass withers, the flowers fade
 when the breath of the Lord blows on them;
 indeed, the people are grass.
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-8. The grass withers, the flowers fade,
-but the word of our God remains forever."
-
-9. Zion, herald of good news,
+8 The grass withers, the flowers fade,
+but the word of our God remains forever.”
+9 Zion, herald of good news,
 go up on a high mountain.
 Jerusalem, herald of good news,
 raise your voice loudly.
 Raise it, do not be afraid!
 Say to the cities of Judah,
-"Here is your God!"
-
-10. See, the Lord God comes with strength,
+“Here is your God!”
+10 See, the Lord God comes with strength,
 and his power establishes his rule.
 His wages are with him,
 and his reward accompanies him.
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-11. He protects his flock like a shepherd;
+11 He protects his flock like a shepherd;
 he gathers the lambs in his arms
 and carries them in the fold of his garment.
 He gently leads those that are nursing.
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-12. Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
+12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
 or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand?
 Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure
 or weighed the mountains on a balance
 and the hills on the scales?
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-13. Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord,
+13 Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord,
 or who gave him counsel?
-
-14. Who did he consult?
+14 Who did he consult?
 Who gave him understanding
 and taught him the paths of justice?
 Who taught him knowledge
 and showed him the way of understanding?
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-15. Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket;
+15 Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket;
 they are considered as a speck of dust on the scales;
 he lifts up the islands like fine dust.
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-16. Lebanon's cedars are not enough for fuel,
+16 Lebanon’s cedars are not enough for fuel,
 or its animals enough for a burnt offering.
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-17. All the nations are as nothing before him;
+17 All the nations are as nothing before him;
 they are considered by him
 as empty nothingness.
-
-18. With whom will you compare God?
+18 With whom will you compare God?
 What likeness will you set up for comparison with him?
-
-19. An idol?--something that a smelter casts
+19 An idol?—something that a smelter casts
 and a metalworker plates with gold
 and makes silver chains for?
-
-20. A poor person contributes wood for a pedestal
+20 A poor person contributes wood for a pedestal
 that will not rot.
-
 He looks for a skilled craftsman
 to set up an idol that will not fall over.
-
-21. Do you not know?
+21 Do you not know?
 Have you not heard?
 Has it not been declared to you
 from the beginning?
 Have you not considered
 the foundations of the earth?
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-22. God is enthroned above the circle of the earth;
+22 God is enthroned above the circle of the earth;
 its inhabitants are like grasshoppers.
 He stretches out the heavens like thin cloth
 and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
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-23. He reduces princes to nothing
+23 He reduces princes to nothing
 and makes judges of the earth like a wasteland.
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-24. They are barely planted, barely sown,
+24 They are barely planted, barely sown,
 their stem hardly takes root in the ground
 when he blows on them and they wither,
 and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.
-
-25. "To whom will you compare me,
-or who is my equal?" asks the Holy One.
-
-26. Look up and see!
+25 “To whom will you compare me,
+or who is my equal?” asks the Holy One.
+26 Look up and see!
 Who created these?
 He brings out the stars by number;
 he calls all of them by name.
 Because of his great power and strength,
 not one of them is missing.
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-27. Jacob, why do you say,
+27 Jacob, why do you say,
 and Israel, why do you assert,
-"My way is hidden from the Lord,
-and my claim is ignored by my God"?
-
-28. Do you not know?
+“My way is hidden from the Lord,
+and my claim is ignored by my God”?
+28 Do you not know?
 Have you not heard?
 The Lord is the everlasting God,
 the Creator of the whole earth.
 He never becomes faint or weary;
 there is no limit to his understanding.
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-29. He gives strength to the faint
+29 He gives strength to the faint
 and strengthens the powerless.
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-30. Youths may become faint and weary,
+30 Youths may become faint and weary,
 and young men stumble and fall,
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-31. but those who trust in the Lord
+31 but those who trust in the Lord
 will renew their strength;
 they will soar on wings like eagles;
 they will run and not become weary,
-they will walk and not faint.
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+they will walk and not faint.