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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><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.40.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.40.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.40.12"><span class="content">or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.40.12"><span class="content">Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.40.12"><span class="content">or weighed the mountains on the scales</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.40.12"><span class="content">and the hills in a balance?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.40.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.40.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Who can fathom the Spirit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">mind</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.40.13"><span class="content">or instruct the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> as his counselor?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.40.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.40.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Whom did the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> consult to enlighten him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.40.14"><span class="content">and who taught him the right way?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.40.14"><span class="content">Who was it that taught him knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.40.14"><span class="content">or showed him the path of understanding?</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.40.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;To whom will you compare me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.40.25"><span class="content">Or who is my equal?&#8221; says the Holy One.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.40.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="content">Who created all these?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="content">He who brings out the starry host one by one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="content">and calls forth each of them by name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="content">Because of his great power and mighty strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="content">not one of them is missing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.40.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Why do you complain, Jacob?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.40.27"><span class="content">Why do you say, Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.40.27"><span class="content">&#8220;My way is hidden from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.40.27"><span class="content">my cause is disregarded by my God&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.40.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Do you not know?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="content">Have you not heard?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the everlasting God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="content">the Creator of the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="content">He will not grow tired or weary,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="content">and his understanding no one can fathom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.40.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He gives strength to the weary</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.40.29"><span class="content">and increases the power of the weak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.40.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.40.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Even youths grow tired and weary,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.40.30"><span class="content">and young men stumble and fall;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.40.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.40.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">but those who hope in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.40.31"><span class="content">will renew their strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.40.31"><span class="content">They will soar on wings like eagles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.40.31"><span class="content">they will run and not grow weary,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.40.31"><span class="content">they will walk and not be faint.</span></span></div>
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