Comfort{H5162} ye, comfort{H5162} ye my people,{H5971} saith{H559} your God.{H430}

Speak{H1696} ye comfortably{H3820} to Jerusalem;{H3389} and cry{H7121} unto her, that her warfare{H6635} is accomplished,{H4390} that her iniquity{H5771} is pardoned,{H7521} that she hath received{H3947} of Jehovah's{H3068} hand{H3027} double{H3718} for all her sins.{H2403}

The voice{H6963} of one that crieth,{H7121} Prepare{H6437} ye in the wilderness{H4057} the way{H1870} of Jehovah;{H3068} make level{H3474} in the desert{H6160} a highway{H4546} for our God.{H430}

Every valley{H1516} shall be exalted,{H5375} and every mountain{H2022} and hill{H1389} shall be made low;{H8213} and the uneven{H6121} shall be made level,{H4334} and the rough places{H7406} a plain:{H1237}

and the glory{H3519} of Jehovah{H3068} shall be revealed,{H1540} and all flesh{H1320} shall see{H7200} it together;{H3162} for the mouth{H6310} of Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken{H1696} it.

The voice{H6963} of one saying,{H559} Cry.{H7121} And one said,{H559} What shall I cry?{H7121} All flesh{H1320} is grass,{H2682} and all the goodliness{H2617} thereof is as the flower{H6731} of the field.{H7704}

The grass{H2682} withereth,{H3001} the flower{H6731} fadeth,{H5034} because the breath{H7307} of Jehovah{H3068} bloweth{H5380} upon it; surely{H403} the people{H5971} is grass.{H2682}

The grass{H2682} withereth,{H3001} the flower{H6731} fadeth;{H5034} but the word{H1697} of our God{H430} shall stand{H6965} forever.{H5769}

O thou that tellest good tidings{H1319} to Zion,{H6726} get thee up{H5927} on a high{H1364} mountain;{H2022} O thou that tellest good tidings{H1319} to Jerusalem,{H3389} lift up{H7311} thy voice{H6963} with strength;{H3581} lift it up,{H7311} be not afraid;{H3372} say{H559} unto the cities{H5892} of Judah,{H3063} Behold, your God!{H430}

Behold, the Lord{H136} Jehovah{H136} will come{H935} as a mighty{H2389} one, and his arm{H2220} will rule{H4910} for him: Behold, his reward{H7939} is with him, and his recompense{H6468} before{H6440} him.

He will feed{H7462} his flock{H5739} like a shepherd,{H7462} he will gather{H6908} the lambs{H2922} in his arm,{H2220} and carry{H5375} them in his bosom,{H2436} [and] will gently lead{H5095} those that have their young.{H5763}

Who 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}

Who hath directed{H8505} the Spirit{H7307} of Jehovah,{H3068} or being his counsellor{H376} hath taught{H3045} him?

With whom took he counsel,{H3289} and who instructed{H995} him, and taught{H3925} him in the path{H734} of justice,{H4941} and taught{H3925} him knowledge,{H1847} and showed{H3045} to him the way{H1870} of understanding?{H8394}

Behold, the nations{H1471} are as a drop{H4752} of a bucket,{H1805} and are accounted{H2803} as the small dust{H7834} of the balance:{H3976} Behold, he taketh up{H5190} the isles{H339} as a very little thing.{H1851}

And Lebanon{H3844} is not{H369} sufficient{H1767} to burn,{H1197} nor the beasts{H2416} thereof sufficient{H1767} for a burnt-offering.{H5930}

All the nations{H1471} are as nothing before him; they are accounted{H2803} by him as less than nothing,{H657} and vanity.{H8414}

To whom then will ye liken{H1819} God?{H410} or what likeness{H1823} will ye compare{H6186} unto him?

The image,{H6459} a workman{H2796} hath cast{H5258} [it], and the goldsmith{H6884} overlayeth{H7554} it with gold,{H2091} and casteth{H6884} [for it] silver{H3701} chains.{H7577}

He that is too impoverished{H5533} for [such] an oblation{H8641} chooseth{H977} a tree{H6086} that will not rot;{H7537} he seeketh{H1245} unto him a skilful{H2450} workman{H2796} to set{H3559} up a graven image,{H6459} that shall not be moved.{H4131}

Have ye not known?{H3045} have yet not heard?{H8085} hath it not been told{H5046} you from the beginning?{H7218} have ye not understood{H995} from the foundations{H4146} of the earth?{H776}

[ It is] he that sitteth{H3427} above 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}

that bringeth{H5414} princes{H7336} to nothing; that maketh{H6213} the judges{H8199} of the earth{H776} as vanity.{H8414}

Yea, they have not been planted;{H5193} yea, they have not been sown;{H2232} yea, their stock{H1503} hath not taken root{H8327} in the earth:{H776} moreover he bloweth{H5398} upon them, and they wither,{H3001} and the whirlwind{H5591} taketh{H5375} them away as stubble.{H7179}

To whom then will ye liken{H1819} me, that I should be equal{H7737} [to him]? saith{H559} the Holy One.{H6918}

Lift up{H5375} your eyes{H5869} on high,{H4791} and see{H7200} who hath created{H1254} these, that bringeth out{H3318} their host{H6635} by number;{H4557} he calleth{H7121} them all by name;{H8034} by the greatness{H7230} of his might,{H202} and for that he is strong{H533} in power,{H3581} not one{H376} is lacking.{H5737}

Why sayest{H559} thou, O Jacob,{H3290} and speakest,{H1696} O Israel,{H3478} My way{H1870} is hid{H5641} from Jehovah,{H3068} and the justice{H4941} [due] to me is passed away{H5674} from my God?{H430}

Hast thou not known?{H3045} hast thou not heard?{H8085} The everlasting{H5769} God,{H430} Jehovah,{H3068} the Creator{H1254} of the ends{H7098} of the earth,{H776} fainteth{H3286} not, neither is weary;{H3021} there is no searching{H2714} of his understanding.{H8394}

He giveth{H5414} power{H3581} to the faint;{H3287} and to him that hath no might{H202} he increaseth{H7235} strength.{H6109}

Even the youths{H5288} shall faint{H3286} and be weary,{H3021} and the young men{H970} shall utterly{H3782} fall:{H3782}

but they that wait{H6960} for Jehovah{H3068} shall renew{H2498} their strength;{H3581} they shall mount up{H5927} with wings{H83} as eagles;{H5404} they shall run,{H7323} and not be weary;{H3021} they shall walk,{H3212} and not faint.{H3286}