Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
“
Comfort, comfort My people, ”
says
your God.
Comfort ye
, comfort ye
my people, saith
your God.
“
Speak tenderly
to Jerusalem, and proclaim
to
her that her forced
labor
has
been
completed;
her iniquity has
been
pardoned .
For she has
received from
the
hand
of the LORD
double for all her sins. ”
Speak ye
comfortably
to Jerusalem, and cry
unto
her ,
that her warfare
is
accomplished,
that
her iniquity is
pardoned :
for she hath
received of the LORD's
hand
double for all her sins.
A
voice of one
calling:
“
Prepare the way for
the LORD in the wilderness;
make
a straight
highway for our God in
the
desert
.
The
voice of him
that
crieth
in
the
wilderness,
Prepare ye
the way of
the LORD ,
make
straight
in the desert
a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be lifted
up
, and every mountain and hill made low ;
the uneven
ground
will
become
smooth
, and the rugged
land
a
plain .
Every valley shall be exalted
, and every mountain and hill shall
be
made low :
and
the crooked
shall
be
made
straight
, and the rough
places
plain :
And the glory of the LORD will
be revealed, and all humanity
together
will
see it .
For the mouth of the LORD has
spoken. ”
And the glory of the LORD shall
be revealed, and all flesh
shall
see it together:
for the mouth of the LORD hath
spoken it
.
A
voice says
, “
Cry out!”
And I
asked
, “
What should
I cry out
? ”
“
All flesh is like
grass, and all its
glory
like
the flowers
of the field .
The
voice said
, Cry .
And he
said
, What shall
I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness
thereof
is
as
the
flower
of the field :
The grass withers
and
the flowers
fall
when
the breath
of the LORD blows
on
them;
indeed,
the people are
grass.
The grass withereth,
the flower
fadeth:
because
the spirit
of the LORD bloweth
upon
it:
surely
the people is
grass.
The grass withers
and
the
flowers
fall
, but the word of our God stands
forever
. ”
The grass withereth
, the
flower
fadeth:
but the word of our God shall
stand
for
ever
.
Go
up
on
a
high
mountain,
O Zion, herald
of
good news.
Raise
your
voice
loudly
, O Jerusalem, herald
of
good news.
Lift it up, do
not
be afraid !
Say to
the cities of Judah, “Here
is
your God! ”
O Zion, that
bringest
good tidings
, get
thee
up
into
the
high
mountain;
O Jerusalem, that
bringest
good tidings,
lift up
thy
voice
with
strength;
lift
it up, be not
afraid ;
say unto
the cities of Judah, Behold
your God!
Behold, the Lord GOD comes
with might
, and His arm establishes
His
rule .
His reward is with Him, and His recompense
accompanies
Him.
Behold, the Lord GOD will
come
with strong
hand
, and his arm shall
rule for
him:
behold,
his reward is with him, and his work
before
him.
He tends
His flock like a shepherd ;
He gathers
the lambs in
His arms
and carries
them close
to
His heart.
He
gently leads
the
nursing
ewes
.
He shall
feed
his flock like a shepherd :
he shall
gather
the lambs with
his arm,
and carry
them in
his bosom,
and
shall
gently lead
those
that
are
with
young
.
Who has
measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or
marked
off
the
heavens
with the span of
his
hand?
Who
has
held
the dust of the earth in a basket
, or
weighed the mountains on
a
scale
and the hills with
a balance?
Who hath
measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
meted
out
heaven
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?
Who has
directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed
Him
as
His counselor
?
Who hath
directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being
his counsellor
hath
taught
him
?
Whom did
He consult
to
enlighten
Him
, and who taught Him the paths
of justice?
Who
imparted
knowledge
to
Him and showed
Him the way of understanding?
With
whom took
he counsel
, and who instructed
him,
and
taught him in
the path
of judgment,
and
taught
him knowledge,
and shewed
to
him the way of understanding?
Surely
the nations are like
a drop in
a bucket ;
they
are considered
a
speck
of
dust on
the scales;
He lifts
up the islands
like
fine
dust
.
Behold,
the nations are as
a drop of
a bucket ,
and
are counted
as
the
small
dust of
the balance:
behold,
he taketh
up the isles
as
a
very
little
thing
.
Lebanon is not sufficient for
fuel
, nor its
animals
enough
for a burnt offering.
And
Lebanon is not sufficient to
burn
, nor the
beasts
thereof
sufficient
for a burnt offering.
All the
nations are as nothing before
Him
; He
regards
them
as
nothingness
and emptiness
.
All nations before
him
are as nothing; and they
are
counted
to
him
less
than
nothing,
and
vanity
.
To whom will you
liken God? To
what image
will you
compare Him?
To whom then
will ye
liken God? or
what likeness
will ye
compare unto
him?
To
an
idol
that
a craftsman
casts
and a
metalworker
overlays
with gold and fits
with
silver chains ?
The
workman
melteth
a graven
image,
and the
goldsmith
spreadeth
it
over
with gold ,
and casteth
silver chains .
To
one
bereft
of
an
offering
who
chooses
wood
that will not rot ,
who
seeks
a skilled
craftsman
to set
up
an
idol
that will
not topple?
He
that is
so
impoverished
that
he
hath
no
oblation
chooseth
a
tree
that
will not rot ;
he
seeketh
unto
him
a cunning
workman
to prepare
a
graven
image,
that shall
not be
moved.
Do
you
not know
? Have you
not heard? Has
it not been declared
to
you from the beginning? Have you
not understood since
the foundation
of the earth?
Have
ye
not known
? have ye
not heard? hath
it not been told
you from the beginning? have ye
not understood from
the foundations
of the earth?
He sits
enthroned
above
the circle of the earth ;
its
dwellers
are like
grasshoppers .
He
stretches
out the heavens like
a curtain, and spreads
them out like
a tent to dwell in .
It
is
he that
sitteth
upon
the circle of the earth ,
and
the
inhabitants
thereof
are as
grasshoppers ;
that
stretcheth
out the heavens as
a curtain, and spreadeth
them out as
a tent to dwell in :
He
brings
the princes to nothing and
makes
the rulers
of the earth meaningless
.
That
bringeth
the princes to nothing ;
he
maketh
the judges
of the earth as
vanity
.
No
sooner
are
they planted, no
sooner
are
they sown, no
sooner
have
their stems
taken
root in the ground,
than
He blows
on
them and they wither, and a
whirlwind sweeps
them away like
stubble.
Yea,
they shall
not
be
planted ;
yea
, they shall
not
be
sown :
yea
, their stock
shall
not
take
root in the earth:
and
he shall
also
blow
upon
them ,
and they shall
wither, and the
whirlwind shall
take
them away as
stubble.
“
To whom will you
liken Me, or who
is
My
equal? ”
asks
the Holy One.
To whom then
will ye
liken me, or shall
I
be
equal? saith
the Holy One.
Lift up your eyes on high :
Who created all
these ?
He
leads
forth
the
starry
host by number ;
He calls
each
one
by name.
Because
of His great
power
and
mighty
strength
, not one of
them
is
missing
.
Lift up your eyes on high ,
and
behold
who hath
created these things,
that
bringeth
out
their
host by number :
he calleth
them
all
by names
by
the
greatness
of his might
, for
that
he
is
strong
in
power;
not one faileth
.
Why do
you
say
, O Jacob, and why
do
you
assert
, O Israel, “
My way is hidden
from the LORD, and my claim
is ignored
by
my God ”
?
Why sayest
thou
, O Jacob, and speakest
, O Israel, My way is hid
from the LORD, and my judgment
is passed
over
from
my God?
Do
you
not know
? Have
you
not heard ?
The
LORD
is
the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth .
He
will
not grow
tired
or
weary ;
His
understanding
is beyond
searching out
.
Hast
thou
not known
? hast
thou
not heard ,
that
the everlasting God, the LORD,
the
Creator of the ends of the earth ,
fainteth
not ,
neither
is
weary ?
there
is no
searching of
his
understanding
.
He gives
power to the faint and increases
the
strength of
the
weak
.
He giveth
power to the faint ;
and to
them
that
have
no
might
he
increaseth
strength.
Even youths grow
tired
and weary, and young men stumble
and
fall .
Even the
youths shall
faint
and be
weary, and the
young men shall
utterly
fall :
But those
who
wait upon the LORD will
renew their strength; they will
mount up with wings like
eagles; they will
run and not grow
weary ,
they will
walk and not faint.
But they
that
wait upon the LORD shall
renew their strength; they shall
mount up with wings as
eagles; they shall
run ,
and not be
weary ;
and
they shall
walk ,
and not faint.
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