Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
“
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 to the
heart
of
Jerusalem, and call
to her ,
That her warfare
hath
been completed ,
That
accepted
hath
been her
punishment,
That
she hath
received from the hand of Jehovah
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
.
A voice is
crying
--
in
a
wilderness
--
Prepare ye
the way of
Jehovah,
Make straight in
a
desert
a
highway to
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 is
raised
up, And every mountain and hill become
low ,
And
the crooked
place
hath
become a
plain
, And the entangled
places
a valley
.
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 revealed
hath
been
the honour
of Jehovah
, And seen
`it'
have
all flesh
together ,
For the mouth of Jehovah
hath
spoken.
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 .
A voice is
saying
, `Call,'
And he
said
, `
What do
I call
? '
All flesh `
is '
grass, and all its goodliness
`is'
As
a
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 .
Withered
hath
grass ,
faded
the flower,
For
the Spirit
of Jehovah
blew
upon
it
, Surely
the people `is'
grass ;
The
grass withers
and
the flowers
fall
, but the
word of our God stands
forever
. ”
Withered
hath
grass ,
faded
the flower
, But a
word of our God riseth
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 !”
On a high mountain get
thee
up
, O Zion, Proclaiming
tidings,
Lift
up
with
power
thy
voice, O Jerusalem, proclaiming
tidings,
Lift up, fear
not ,
say to cities of Judah, `Lo,
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.
Lo
, the Lord Jehovah
with strength
cometh
, And His arm is
ruling
for
Him,
Lo,
His hire
`
is '
with Him, and His wage
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
.
As
a shepherd His
flock
He feedeth,
With
His
arm
He
gathereth
lambs ,
And
in His bosom
He
carrieth
`
them ':
Suckling
ones
He leadeth
.
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 in the hollow of his hand the waters?
And
the heavens
by
a
span hath
meted
out,
And
comprehended
in
a
measure
the dust of the earth, And
hath
weighed in
scales
the mountains ,
And the hills in
a balance?
Who has
directed
the Spirit of the
LORD
, or
informed
Him
as
His counselor?
Who hath
meted
out
the Spirit of Jehovah
, And,
`being'
His counsellor,
doth
teach
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 consulted
He, That
he
causeth
Him
to
understand?
And teacheth
Him in
the path
of judgment,
And teacheth
Him knowledge?
And
the way of understanding causeth
Him
to
know
?
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
.
Lo,
nations as
a drop from
a bucket ,
And
as
small
dust of
the balance,
have
been
reckoned,
Lo,
isles
as
a
small
thing
He taketh
up.
Lebanon is not sufficient for
fuel
, nor its animals
enough
for a burnt offering.
And
Lebanon is not sufficient to
burn
, Nor its beasts
sufficient
for a burnt -
offering.
All the nations are as nothing before Him ;
He
regards
them
as
nothingness
and emptiness.
All the nations `
are '
as nothing before Him ,
Less
than
nothing
and emptiness ,
They
have
been
reckoned
to
Him
.
To
whom will
you
liken God ?
To
what image
will
you
compare Him?
And
unto
whom do
ye
liken God ,
And
what likeness
do
ye
compare to
Him?
To
an
idol
that
a craftsman
casts
and a metalworker
overlays
with gold and fits
with
silver
chains ?
The
graven
image
poured
out
hath
a artizan,
And a refiner
with gold spreadeth
it
over,
And chains of
silver
he
is
refining.
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
who is
poor
`by'
heave-offerings,
A
tree
not rotten
doth
choose
, A skilful
artizan
he
seeketh
for
it,
To establish
a
graven
image
--
not 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?
Do ye
not know --
do
ye
not hear
? Hath
it not been declared from the first
to
you
? 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.
He who
is
sitting
on
the circle of the earth ,
And
its inhabitants
`
are '
as
grasshoppers ,
He who
is
stretching
out as
a
thin
thing
the heavens, And spreadeth
them as
a tent to dwell in.
He brings
the
princes to
nothing and
makes
the
rulers
of the
earth meaningless.
He who
is
making
princes become
nothing ,
Judges
of earth as
emptiness
hath
made;
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 have
not
been
planted, Yea,
they have
not
been
sown, Yea,
not
taking
root in the earth
is
their
stock
, And
also
He hath
blown
upon
them ,
and they wither, And a whirlwind as
stubble
taketh
them away.
“To
whom will
you
liken Me, or
who
is
My
equal? ”
asks
the Holy One.
And
unto
whom do
ye
liken Me, And
`am'
I
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 on high your
eyes,
And
see
--
who hath
prepared
these? He who
is
bringing
out
by number their
host,
To
all
of
them
by name He
calleth,
By
abundance
of strength (And
`he
is'
strong
in
power)
not one is lacking
.
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
thou
, O Israel ?
`
My way hath
been
hid
from Jehovah
, And from
my God my
judgment
passeth
over.'
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? The God of
the age
--
Jehovah,
Preparer
of the ends of the earth ,
Is
not wearied
nor
fatigued,
There
is no
searching of
His
understanding
.
He gives
power to the faint
and increases
the
strength
of
the
weak
.
He is
giving
power to the weary,
And to
those
not
strong
He
increaseth
might
.
Even youths grow
tired
and weary
, and young men stumble and
fall.
Even youths are
wearied
and fatigued
, And young men utterly
stumble ,
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 those expecting
Jehovah
pass
`to'
power,
They raise
up the
pinion
as
eagles ,
They run and are
not fatigued
, They go
on
and do
not faint !
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