Dual Panel1Comfort <05162> (8761) ye, comfort <05162> (8761) ye my people <05971>_, saith <0559> (8799) your God <0430>_.
2Speak <01696> (8761) ye comfortably <03820> to Jerusalem <03389>_, and cry <07121> (8798) unto her, that her warfare <06635> is accomplished <04390> (8804)_, that her iniquity <05771> is pardoned <07521> (8738)_: for she hath received <03947> (8804) of the LORD'S <03068> hand <03027> double <03718> for all her sins <02403>_. {comfortably: Heb. to the heart} {warfare: or, appointed time}
3The voice <06963> of him that crieth <07121> (8802) in the wilderness <04057>_, Prepare <06437> (8761) ye the way <01870> of the LORD <03068>_, make straight <03474> (8761) in the desert <06160> a highway <04546> for our God <0430>_.
4Every valley <01516> shall be exalted <05375> (8735)_, and every mountain <02022> and hill <01389> shall be made low <08213> (8799)_: and the crooked <06121> shall be made straight <04334>_, and the rough places <07406> plain <01237>_: {straight: or, a straight place} {plain: or, a plain place}
5And the glory <03519> of the LORD <03068> shall be revealed <01540> (8738)_, and all flesh <01320> shall see <07200> (8804) [it] together <03162>_: for the mouth <06310> of the LORD <03068> hath spoken <01696> (8765) [it].
6The voice <06963> said <0559> (8802)_, Cry <07121> (8798)_. And he said <0559> (8804)_, What shall I cry <07121> (8799)_? All flesh <01320> [is] grass <02682>_, and all the goodliness <02617> thereof [is] as the flower <06731> of the field <07704>_:
7The grass <02682> withereth <03001> (8804)_, the flower <06731> fadeth <05034> (8804)_: because the spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> bloweth <05380> (8804) upon it: surely <0403> the people <05971> [is] grass <02682>_.
8The grass <02682> withereth <03001> (8804)_, the flower <06731> fadeth <05034> (8804)_: but the word <01697> of our God <0430> shall stand <06965> (8799) for ever <05769>_.
9O Zion <06726>_, that bringest good tidings <01319> (8764)_, get thee up <05927> (8798) into the high <01364> mountain <02022>_; O Jerusalem <03389>_, that bringest good tidings <01319> (8764)_, lift up <07311> (8685) thy voice <06963> with strength <03581>_; lift [it] up <07311> (8685)_, be not afraid <03372> (8799)_; say <0559> (8798) unto the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>_, Behold your God <0430>_! {O Zion...: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion} {O Jerusalem...: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem}
10Behold, the Lord <0136> GOD <03069> will come <0935> (8799) with strong <02389> [hand], and his arm <02220> shall rule <04910> (8802) for him: behold, his reward <07939> [is] with him, and his work <06468> before <06440> him. {with strong...: or, against the strong} {his work: or, recompence for his work}
11He shall feed <07462> (8799) his flock <05739> like a shepherd <07462> (8802)_: he shall gather <06908> (8762) the lambs <02922> with his arm <02220>_, and carry <05375> (8799) [them] in his bosom <02436>_, [and] shall gently lead <05095> (8762) those that are with young <05763> (8802)_. {that...: or, that give suck}
12Who hath measured <04058> (8804) the waters <04325> in the hollow of his hand <08168>_, and meted out <08505> (8765) heaven <08064> with the span <02239>_, and comprehended <03557> (8804) the dust <06083> of the earth <0776> in a measure <07991>_, and weighed <08254> (8804) the mountains <02022> in scales <06425>_, and the hills <01389> in a balance <03976>_? {a measure: Heb. a tierce}
13Who hath directed <08505> (8765) the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068>_, or [being] his counsellor <0376> <06098> hath taught <03045> (8686) him? {his...: Heb. man of his counsel}
14With whom took he counsel <03289> (8738)_, and [who] instructed <0995> (8799) him, and taught <03925> (8762) him in the path <0734> of judgment <04941>_, and taught <03925> (8762) him knowledge <01847>_, and shewed <03045> (8686) to him the way <01870> of understanding <08394>_? {instructed...: Heb. made him understand} {understanding: Heb. understandings?}
15Behold, the nations <01471> [are] as a drop <04752> of a bucket <01805>_, and are counted <02803> (8738) as the small dust <07834> of the balance <03976>_: behold, he taketh up <05190> (8799) the isles <0339> as a very little thing <01851>_.
16And Lebanon <03844> [is] not <0369> sufficient <01767> to burn <01197> (8763)_, nor the beasts <02416> thereof sufficient <01767> for a burnt offering <05930>_.
17All nations <01471> before him [are] as nothing; and they are counted <02803> (8738) to him less than nothing <0657>_, and vanity <08414>_.
18To whom then will ye liken <01819> (8762) God <0410>_? or what likeness <01823> will ye compare <06186> (8799) unto him?
19The workman <02796> melteth <05258> (8804) a graven image <06459>_, and the goldsmith <06884> (8802) spreadeth <07554> (8762) it over with gold <02091>_, and casteth <06884> (8802) silver <03701> chains <07577>_.
20He that [is] so impoverished <05533> (8794) (8676) <05534> (8765) that he hath no oblation <08641> chooseth <0977> (8799) a tree <06086> [that] will not rot <07537> (8799)_; he seeketh <01245> (8762) unto him a cunning <02450> workman <02796> to prepare <03559> (8687) a graven image <06459>_, [that] shall not be moved <04131> (8735)_. {is so...: Heb. is poor of oblation}
21Have ye not known <03045> (8799)_? have ye not heard <08085> (8799)_? hath it not been told <05046> (8717) you from the beginning <07218>_? have ye not understood <0995> (8689) from the foundations <04146> of the earth <0776>_?
22[It is] he that sitteth <03427> (8802) upon the circle <02329> of the earth <0776>_, and the inhabitants <03427> (8802) thereof [are] as grasshoppers <02284>_; that stretcheth out <05186> (8802) the heavens <08064> as a curtain <01852>_, and spreadeth them out <04969> (8799) as a tent <0168> to dwell in <03427> (8800)_: {It is...: or, Him that}
23That bringeth <05414> (8802) the princes <07336> (8802) to nothing; he maketh <06213> (8804) the judges <08199> (8802) of the earth <0776> as vanity <08414>_.
24Yea, they shall not be planted <05193> (8738)_; yea, they shall not be sown <02232> (8795)_: yea, their stock <01503> shall not take root <08327> (8782) in the earth <0776>_: and he shall also blow <05398> (8804) upon them, and they shall wither <03001> (8799)_, and the whirlwind <05591> shall take <05375> (8799) them away as stubble <07179>_.
25To whom then will ye liken <01819> (8762) me, or shall I be equal <07737> (8799)_? saith <0559> (8799) the Holy One <06918>_.
26Lift up <05375> (8798) your eyes <05869> on high <04791>_, and behold <07200> (8798) who hath created <01254> (8804) these [things], that bringeth out <03318> (8688) their host <06635> by number <04557>_: he calleth <07121> (8799) them all by names <08034> by the greatness <07230> of his might <0202>_, for that [he is] strong <0533> in power <03581>_; not one <0376> faileth <05737> (8738)_.
27Why sayest <0559> (8799) thou, O Jacob <03290>_, and speakest <01696> (8762)_, O Israel <03478>_, My way <01870> is hid <05641> (8738) from the LORD <03068>_, and my judgment <04941> is passed over <05674> (8799) from my God <0430>_?
28Hast thou not known <03045> (8804)_? hast thou not heard <08085> (8804)_, [that] the everlasting <05769> God <0430>_, the LORD <03068>_, the Creator <01254> (8802) of the ends <07098> of the earth <0776>_, fainteth <03286> (8799) not, neither is weary <03021> (8799)_? [there is] no searching <02714> of his understanding <08394>_.
29He giveth <05414> (8802) power <03581> to the faint <03287>_; and to [them that have] no might <0202> he increaseth <07235> (8686) strength <06109>_.
30Even the youths <05288> shall faint <03286> (8799) and be weary <03021> (8799)_, and the young men <0970> shall utterly <03782> (8800) fall <03782> (8735)_:
31But they that wait <06960> (8802) upon the LORD <03068> shall renew <02498> (8686) [their] strength <03581>_; they shall mount up <05927> (8799) with wings <083> as eagles <05404>_; they shall run <07323> (8799)_, and not be weary <03021> (8799)_; [and] they shall walk <03212> (8799)_, and not faint <03286> (8799)_. {renew: Heb. change}