1“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
2“Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and call out to…
3The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare…
4Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain…
5The LORD’s glory shall be revealed, and all…
6The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” One…
7The grass withers, the flower fades, because the…
8The grass withers, the flower fades; but the…
9You who tell good news to Zion, go…
10Behold, the Lord GOD will come as a…
11He will feed his flock like a shepherd.…
12Who has measured the waters in the hollow…
13Who has directed the LORD’s Spirit, or has…
14Who did he take counsel with, and who…
15Behold, the nations are like a drop in…
16Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its…
17All the nations are like nothing before him.…
18To whom then will you liken God? Or…
19A workman has cast an image, and the…
20He who is too impoverished for such an…
21Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? Haven’t you…
22It is he who sits above the circle…
23who brings princes to nothing, who makes the…
24They are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely.…
25“To whom then will you liken me? Who…
26Lift up your eyes on high, and see…
27Why do you say, Jacob, and speak, Israel,…
28Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting…
29He gives power to the weak. He increases…
30Even the youths faint and get weary, and…
31but those who wait for the LORD will…
