Isaiah 40:1-5

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Comfort for God’s People

40 Comfort, comfort^(A) my people,
    says your God.
²Speak tenderly^(B) to Jerusalem,
    and proclaim to her
that her hard service^(C) has been completed,^(D)
    that her sin has been paid for,^(E)
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
    double^(F) for all her sins.

³A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness prepare
    the way^(G) for the Lord^[a];
make straight^(H) in the desert
    a highway for our God.^[b]^(I)
⁴Every valley shall be raised up,^(J)
    every mountain and hill^(K) made low;
the rough ground shall become level,^(L)
    the rugged places a plain.
⁵And the glory^(M) of the Lord will be revealed,
    and all people will see it together.^(N)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”^(O)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / “Prepare the way for the Lord
Isaiah 40:3 Hebrew; Septuagint make straight the paths of our God

Isaiah 40:25-26

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²⁵“To whom will you compare me?^(A)
    Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.^(B)
²⁶Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:^(C)
    Who created^(D) all these?
He who brings out the starry host^(E) one by one
    and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,^(F)
    not one of them is missing.^(G)

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Isaiah 40:29-31

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²⁹He gives strength^(A) to the weary^(B)
    and increases the power of the weak.
³⁰Even youths grow tired and weary,
    and young men^(C) stumble and fall;^(D)
³¹but those who hope^(E) in the Lord
    will renew their strength.^(F)
They will soar on wings like eagles;^(G)
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.^(H)