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1. Comfort you , comfort you my people, says your God.
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1. Comfort H5162 ye, comfort H5162 ye my people H5971 , saith H559 your God H430 .
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2. Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry to her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh's hand double for all her sins.
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2. Speak H1696 ye comfortably H5921 H3820 to Jerusalem H3389 , and cry H7121 unto H413 her, that H3588 her warfare H6635 is accomplished H4390 , that H3588 her iniquity H5771 is pardoned H7521 : for H3588 she hath received H3947 of the LORD H3068 's hand H4480 H3027 double H3718 for all H3605 her sins H2403 .
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3. The voice of one who cries, Prepare you in the wilderness the way of Yahweh; make level in the desert a highway for our God.
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3. 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 H430 .
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4. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:
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4. Every H3605 valley H1516 shall be exalted H5375 , and every H3605 mountain H2022 and hill H1389 shall be made low H8213 : and the crooked H6121 shall be made H1961 straight H4334 , and the rough places H7406 plain H1237 :
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5. and the glory of Yahweh shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.
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5. And the glory H3519 of the LORD H3068 shall be revealed H1540 , and all H3605 flesh H1320 shall see H7200 it together H3162 : for H3588 the mouth H6310 of the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 it .
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6. The voice of one saying, Cry. One said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory of it is as the flower of the field.
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6. The voice H6963 said H559 , Cry H7121 . And he said H559 , What H4100 shall I cry H7121 ? All H3605 flesh H1320 is grass H2682 , and all H3605 the goodliness H2617 thereof is as the flower H6731 of the field H7704 :
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7. The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of Yahweh blows on it; surely the people is grass.
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7. The grass H2682 withereth H3001 , the flower H6731 fadeth H5034 : because H3588 the spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 bloweth H5380 upon it: surely H403 the people H5971 is grass H2682 .
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8. The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
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8. The grass H2682 withereth H3001 , the flower H6731 fadeth H5034 : but the word H1697 of our God H430 shall stand H6965 forever H5769 .
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9. You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain; you who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength; lift it up, don't be afraid; say to the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!
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9. O Zion H6726 , that bringest good tidings H1319 , get thee up H5927 into H5921 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 H408 ; say H559 unto the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 , Behold H2009 your God H430 !
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10. Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
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10. Behold H2009 , the Lord H136 GOD H3069 will come H935 with strong H2389 hand , and his arm H2220 shall rule H4910 for him: behold H2009 , his reward H7939 is with H854 him , and his work H6468 before H6440 him.
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11. He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and will gently lead those who have their young.
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11. 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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12. Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the sky with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
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12. Who H4310 hath measured H4058 the waters H4325 in the hollow of his hand H8168 , and meted out H8505 heaven H8064 with the span H2239 , and comprehended H3557 the dust H6083 of the earth H776 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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13. Who has directed the Spirit of Yahweh, or being his counselor has taught him?
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13. Who H4310 hath directed H8505 H853 the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 , or being his counselor H376 H6098 hath taught H3045 him?
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14. With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and shown to him the way of understanding?
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14. H853 With whom H4310 took he counsel H3289 , and who instructed H995 him , and taught H3925 him in the path H734 of judgment H4941 , and taught H3925 him knowledge H1847 , and showed H3045 to him the way H1870 of understanding H8394 ?
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15. Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he takes up the isles as a very little thing.
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15. Behold H2005 , the nations H1471 are as a drop H4752 of a bucket H4480 H1805 , and are counted H2803 as the small dust H7834 of the balance H3976 : behold H2005 , he taketh up H5190 the isles H339 as a very little thing H1851 .
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16. Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the animals of it sufficient for a burnt offering.
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16. And Lebanon H3844 is not H369 sufficient H1767 to burn H1197 , nor H369 the beasts H2416 thereof sufficient H1767 for a burnt offering H5930 .
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17. All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
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17. All H3605 nations H1471 before H5048 him are as nothing H369 ; and they are counted H2803 to him less than nothing H4480 H657 , and vanity H8414 .
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18. To whom then will you liken God? or what likeness will you compare to him?
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18. To H413 whom H4310 then will ye liken H1819 God H410 ? or what H4100 likeness H1823 will ye compare H6186 unto him?
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19. The image, a workman has cast it, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts for it silver chains.
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19. The workman H2796 melteth H5258 a graven image H6459 , and the goldsmith H6884 spreadeth it over H7554 with gold H2091 , and casteth H6884 silver H3701 chains H7577 .
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20. He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks to him a skillful workman to set up an engraved image, that shall not be moved.
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20. He that is so impoverished H5533 that he hath no oblation H8641 chooseth H977 a tree H6086 that will not H3808 rot H7537 ; he seeketh H1245 unto him a cunning H2450 workman H2796 to prepare H3559 a graven image H6459 , that shall not H3808 be moved H4131 .
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21. Have you not known? have yet not heard? has it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
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21. Have ye not H3808 known H3045 ? have ye not H3808 heard H8085 ? hath it not H3808 been told H5046 you from the beginning H4480 H7218 ? have ye not H3808 understood H995 from the foundations H4480 H4146 of the earth H776 ?
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22. It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants of it are as grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in;
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22. It is he that sitteth H3427 upon H5921 the circle H2329 of the earth H776 , 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 H168 to dwell in H3427 :
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23. who brings princes to nothing; who makes the judges of the earth as vanity.
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23. That bringeth H5414 the princes H7336 to nothing H369 ; he maketh H6213 the judges H8199 of the earth H776 as vanity H8414 .
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24. Yes, they have not been planted; yes, they have not been sown; yes, their stock has not taken root in the earth: moreover he blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
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24. Yea H637 , they shall not H1077 be planted H5193 ; yea H637 , they shall not H1077 be sown H2232 : yea H637 , their stock H1503 shall not H1077 take root H8327 in the earth H776 : and he shall also H1571 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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25. To whom then will you liken me, that I should be equal to him? says the Holy One.
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25. To H413 whom H4310 then will ye liken H1819 me , or shall I be equal H7737 ? saith H559 the Holy One H6918 .
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26. Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their host by number; he calls them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
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26. Lift up H5375 your eyes H5869 on high H4791 , and behold H7200 who H4310 hath created H1254 these H428 things , that bringeth out H3318 their host H6635 by number H4557 : he calleth H7121 them all H3605 by names H8034 by the greatness H4480 H7230 of his might H202 , for that he is strong H533 in power H3581 ; not H3808 one H376 faileth H5737 .
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27. Why say you, Jacob, and speak, Israel, My way is hid from Yahweh, and the justice due to me is passed away from my God?
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27. Why H4100 sayest H559 thou , O Jacob H3290 , and speakest H1696 , O Israel H3478 , My way H1870 is hid H5641 from the LORD H4480 H3068 , and my judgment H4941 is passed over H5674 from my God H4480 H430 ?
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28. Have you not known? have you not heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn't faint, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
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28. Hast thou not H3808 known H3045 ? hast thou not H3808 heard H8085 , that the everlasting H5769 God H430 , the LORD H3068 , the Creator H1254 of the ends H7098 of the earth H776 , fainteth H3286 not H3808 , neither H3808 is weary H3021 ? there is no H369 searching H2714 of his understanding H8394 .
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29. He gives power to the faint; and to him who has no might he increases strength.
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29. He giveth H5414 power H3581 to the faint H3287 ; and to them that have no H369 might H202 he increaseth H7235 strength H6109 .
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30. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
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30. Even the youths H5288 shall faint H3286 and be weary H3021 , and the young men H970 shall utterly fall H3782 H3782 :
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31. but those who wait for Yahweh shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
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31. But they that wait upon H6960 the LORD H3068 shall renew H2498 their strength H3581 ; they shall mount up H5927 with wings H83 as eagles H5404 ; they shall run H7323 , and not H3808 be weary H3021 ; and they shall walk H1980 , and not H3808 faint H3286 .
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