Isaiah 40

“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.

“Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh’s hand double for all her sins.”

Make a level highway in the desert for our God.

and the rough places a plain.

for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”

and all its glory is like the flower of the field.

Surely the people are like grass.

but the word of our God stands forever.”

Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”

and his recompense before him.

He will gently lead those who have their young.

and the hills in a balance?

or has taught him as his counselor?

and showed him the way of understanding?

Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.

nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.

They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

Or what likeness will you compare to him?

and casts silver chains for it.

He seeks a skillful workman to set up a carved image for him that will not be moved.

Haven’t you understood from the foundations of the earth?

and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,

who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.

and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.

Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.

not one is lacking.

and the justice due me is disregarded by my God?”

His understanding is unsearchable.

He increases the strength of him who has no might.

and the young men utterly fall;

They will walk, and not faint.