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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.40.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Comfort, comfort my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.40.1"><span class="content">says your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.40.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">and proclaim to her</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">that her hard service has been completed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">that her sin has been paid for,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">that she has received from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">double for all her sins.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A voice of one calling:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="content">&#8220;In the wilderness prepare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="content">the way for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / &#8220;Prepare the way for the <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="content">make straight in the desert</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="content">a highway for our God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">make straight the paths of our God</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Every valley shall be raised up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"><span class="content">every mountain and hill made low;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"><span class="content">the rough ground shall become level,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"><span class="content">the rugged places a plain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.40.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be revealed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.40.5"><span class="content">and all people will see it together.</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.40.5"><span class="content">For the mouth of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.40.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.40.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A voice says, &#8220;Cry out.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.40.6"><span class="content">And I said, &#8220;What shall I cry?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.40.6"><span class="content">&#8220;All people are like grass,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.40.6"><span class="content">and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.40.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.40.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The grass withers and the flowers fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.40.7"><span class="content">because the breath of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> blows on them.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.40.7"><span class="content">Surely the people are grass.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.40.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.40.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The grass withers and the flowers fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.40.8"><span class="content">but the word of our God endures forever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.40.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You who bring good news to Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">go up on a high mountain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">You who bring good news to Jerusalem,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Zion, bringer of good news, / go up on a high mountain. / Jerusalem, bringer of good news</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">lift up your voice with a shout,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">lift it up, do not be afraid;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">say to the towns of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Here is your God!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">See, the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes with power,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"><span class="content">and he rules with a mighty arm.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"><span class="content">See, his reward is with him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"><span class="content">and his recompense accompanies him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.40.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He tends his flock like a shepherd:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.40.11"><span class="content">He gathers the lambs in his arms</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.40.11"><span class="content">and carries them close to his heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.40.11"><span class="content">he gently leads those that have young.</span></span></div>
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