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Isaiah 40 – New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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The Greatness of God

(cf. Luk 3:4–6 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:1 - “Comfort, H5162 O comfort H5162 My people,” H5971 says H559 your God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:2 - “Speak H1696 [fn]kindly H3820 to Jerusalem; H3389
And call H7121 out to her, that her [fn]warfare H6635 has ended, H4390
That her [fn]iniquity H5771 has been removed, H7521
That she has received H3947 of the LORD’S H3068 hand H3027
Double H3718 for all H3605 her sins.” H2403

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3 - A voice H6963 [fn]is calling, H7121
“Clear H6437 the way H1870 for the LORD H3068 in the wilderness; H4057
Make H3474 smooth H3474 in the desert H6160 a highway H4546 for our God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:4 - “Let every H3605 valley H1516 be lifted H5375 up,
And every H3605 mountain H2022 and hill H1389 be made H8213 low; H8213
And let the rough H6121 ground H6121 become H1961 a plain, H4334
And the rugged H7406 terrain H7406 a broad H1237 valley; H1237

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:5 - [fn]Then the glory H3519 of the LORD H3068 will be revealed, H1540
And all H3605 flesh H1320 will see H7200 it together; H3162
For the mouth H6310 of the LORD H3068 has spoken.” H1696

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:6 - A voice H6963 says, H559 “Call H7121 out.”
Then [fn]he answered, H559 “What H4100 shall I call H7121 out?”
All H3605 flesh H1320 is grass, H2682 and all H3605 its [fn]loveliness H2617 is like the flower H6731 of the field. H7704

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:7 - The grass H2682 withers, H3001 the flower H6731 fades, H5034
[fn]When H3588 the breath H7307 of the LORD H3068 blows H5380 upon it;
Surely H403 the people H5971 are grass. H2682

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:8 - The grass H2682 withers, H3001 the flower H6731 fades, H5034
But the word H1697 of our God H430 stands H6965 forever. H5769

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:9 - Get H5927 yourself up on a high H1364 mountain, H2022
O Zion, H6726 bearer H1319 of good news, H1319
Lift H7311 up your voice H6963 mightily, H3581
O Jerusalem, H3389 bearer H1319 of good news; H1319
Lift H7311 it up, do not fear. H3372
Say H559 to the cities H5892 of Judah, H3063
“Here H2009 is your God!” H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:10 - Behold, H2009 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 will come H935 with might, H2389
With His arm H2220 ruling H4910 for Him.
Behold, H2009 His reward H7939 is with Him
And His recompense H6468 before H6440 Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:11 - Like a shepherd H7462 He will tend H7462 His flock, H5739
In His arm H2220 He will gather H6908 the lambs H2924
And carry H5375 them in His bosom; H2436
He will gently lead H5095 the nursing H5763 ewes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 - Who H4310 has measured H4058 the [fn]waters H4325 in the hollow H8168 of His hand, H8168
And marked H8505 off H8505 the heavens H8064 by the [fn]span, H2239
And [fn]calculated H3557 the dust H6083 of the earth H776 by the measure, H7991
And weighed H8254 the mountains H2022 in a balance H6425
And the hills H1389 in a pair of scales? H3976

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:13 - Who H4310 has [fn]directed H8505 the Spirit H7307 of the LORD, H3068
Or as His counselor H376 H6098 has informed H3045 Him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:14 - With whom H4310 did He consult H3289 and who gave H995 Him understanding? H995
And who taught H3925 Him in the path H734 of justice H4941 and taught H3925 Him knowledge H1847
And informed H3045 Him of the way H1870 of understanding? H8394

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:15 - Behold, H2005 the nations H1471 are like a drop H4752 from a bucket, H1805
And are regarded H2803 as a speck H7834 of dust H7834 on the scales; H3976
Behold, H2005 He lifts H5190 up the [fn]islands H339 like fine H1851 dust. H1851

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:16 - Even Lebanon H3844 is not enough H1767 to burn, H1197
Nor H369 its beasts H2416 enough H1767 for a burnt H5930 offering. H5930

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:17 - All H3605 the nations H1471 are as nothing H369 before H5048 Him,
They are regarded H2803 by Him as less H657 than H4480 nothing H657 and [fn]meaningless. H8414

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:18 - To whom H4310 then will you liken H1819 God? H410
Or what H4100 likeness H1823 will you compare H6186 with Him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19 - As for the [fn]idol, H6459 a craftsman H2796 casts H5258 it,
A goldsmith H6884 plates H7554 it with gold, H2091
And a silversmith H6884 fashions chains H7577 of silver. H3701

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:20 - He who is too impoverished H5532 for such an offering H8641
Selects H977 a tree H6086 that does not rot; H7537
He seeks H1245 out for himself a skillful H2450 craftsman H2796
To [fn]prepare H3559 [fn]an idol H6459 that will not totter. H4131

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:21 - Do you not know? H3045 Have you not heard? H8085
Has it not been declared H5046 to you from the beginning? H7218
Have you not understood H995 from the foundations H4144 of the earth? H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:22 - It is He who [fn]sits H3427 above H5921 the [fn]circle H2329 of the earth, H776
And its inhabitants H3427 are like grasshoppers, H2284
Who stretches H5186 out the heavens H8064 like a curtain H1852
And spreads H4969 them out like a tent H168 to dwell H3427 in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:23 - He it is who reduces H5414 rulers H7336 to nothing, H369
Who makes H6213 the judges H8199 of the earth H776 [fn]meaningless. H8414

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:24 - [fn]Scarcely H1077 H637 have they been planted, H5193
[fn]Scarcely H1077 H637 have they been sown, H2232
[fn]Scarcely H1077 H637 has their stock H1503 taken H8327 root H8327 in the earth, H776
But He merely H1571 blows H5398 on them, and they wither, H3001
And the storm H5591 carries H5375 them away like stubble. H7179

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:25 - “To whom H4310 then will you liken H1819 Me
That I would be his equal?” H7737 says H559 the Holy H6918 One. H6918

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:26 - Lift H5375 up your eyes H5869 on high H4791
And see H7200 who H4310 has created H1254 these H428 stars,
The One who leads H3318 forth H3318 their host H6635 by number, H4557
He calls H7121 them all H3605 by name; H8034
Because H4480 of the greatness H7230 of His might H202 and the [fn]strength H533 of His power, H3581
Not one H376 of them is missing. H5737

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:27 - Why H4100 do you say, H559 O Jacob, H3290 and assert, H1696 O Israel, H3478
“My way H1870 is hidden H5641 from the LORD, H3068
And the justice H4941 due me [fn]escapes H5674 the notice H5674 of my God”? H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 - Do you not know? H3045 Have you not heard? H8085
The Everlasting H5769 God, H430 the LORD, H3068 the Creator H1254 of the ends H7098 of the earth H776
Does not become H3286 weary H3286 or tired. H3021
His understanding H8394 is inscrutable. H369 H2714

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:29 - He gives H5414 strength H3581 to the weary, H3287
And to him who lacks H369 might H202 He increases H7235 power. H6109

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:30 - Though youths H5288 grow H3286 weary H3286 and tired, H3021
And vigorous H970 young H970 men H970 stumble H3782 badly, H3782

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - Yet those who [fn]wait H6960 for the LORD H3068
Will gain H2498 new H2498 strength; H3581
They will [fn]mount H5927 up with [fn]wings H83 like eagles, H5404
They will run H7323 and not get H3021 tired, H3021
They will walk H1980 and not become H3286 weary. H3286
See the NASB95 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: to the heart of
Or, hard service
Or, penalty of iniquity accepted as paid off
Or, of one calling out
Or, In order that the
Another reading is I said
Or, constancy
Or, Because
Hebrew: YHWH, usually rendered LORD
DSS reads waters of the sea
Or, half cubit; i.e. 9 in.
Literally: contained or comprehended
Or, measured, marked off
Or, coastlands
Or, void
Or, graven image
Or, set up
Or, a graven image
Or, is enthroned
Or, vault
Or, void
Or, Not even
So DSS and ancient versions; M.T. strong
Literally: passes by my God
Or, hope in
Or, sprout wings
Or, pinions
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