<vn='1'><sn="5162">Comfort</s> ye, <sn="5162">comfort</s> ye my <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> your <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1696">Speak</s> ye <sn="5921 3820">comfortably</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="7121">cry</s><sn="413">unto</s> her, <sn="3588">that</s> her <sn="6635">warfare</s> is <sn="4390">accomplished</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> her <sn="5771">iniquity</s> is <sn="7521">pardoned</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> she hath <sn="3947">received</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="4480 3027">hand</s><sn="3718">double</s> for <sn="3605">all</s> her <sn="2403">sins</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>The <sn="6963">voice</s> of him that <sn="7121">crieth</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, <sn="6437">Prepare</s> ye the <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, make <sn="3474">straight</s> in the <sn="6160">desert</s> a <sn="4546">highway</s> for our <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3605">Every</s><sn="1516">valley</s> shall be <sn="5375">exalted</s>, and <sn="3605">every</s><sn="2022">mountain</s> and <sn="1389">hill</s> shall be made <sn="8213">low</s>: and the <sn="6121">crooked</s> shall be <sn="1961">made</s><sn="4334">straight</s>, and the rough <sn="7406">places</s><sn="1237">plain</s>: </v>
<vn='5'>And the <sn="3519">glory</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall be <sn="1540">revealed</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="1320">flesh</s> shall <sn="7200">see</s> it <sn="3162">together</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="6310">mouth</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="1696">spoken</s> it. </v>
<vn='6'>The <sn="6963">voice</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="7121">Cry</s>. And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> shall I <sn="7121">cry</s>? <sn="3605">All</s><sn="1320">flesh</s> is <sn="2682">grass</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2617">goodliness</s> thereof is as the <sn="6731">flower</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s>: </v>
<vn='7'>The <sn="2682">grass</s><sn="3001">withereth</s>, the <sn="6731">flower</s><sn="5034">fadeth</s>: <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="7307">spirit</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5380">bloweth</s> upon it: <sn="403">surely</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> is <sn="2682">grass</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>The <sn="2682">grass</s><sn="3001">withereth</s>, the <sn="6731">flower</s><sn="5034">fadeth</s>: but the <sn="1697">word</s> of our <sn="430">God</s> shall <sn="6965">stand</s><sn="5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>O <sn="6726">Zion</s>, that bringest good <sn="1319">tidings</s>, get thee <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">into</s> the <sn="1364">high</s><sn="2022">mountain</s>; O <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, that bringest good <sn="1319">tidings</s>, lift <sn="7311">up</s> thy <sn="6963">voice</s> with <sn="3581">strength</s>; lift it <sn="7311">up</s>, be not <sn="3372 408">afraid</s>; <sn="559">say</s> unto the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s> your <sn="430">God</s>! </v>
<vn='10'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s> will <sn="935">come</s> with <sn="2389">strong</s> hand, and his <sn="2220">arm</s> shall <sn="4910">rule</s> for him: <sn="2009">behold</s>, his <sn="7939">reward</s> is <sn="854">with</s> him, and his <sn="6468">work</s><sn="6440">before</s> him. </v>
<vn='11'>He shall <sn="7462">feed</s> his <sn="5739">flock</s> like a <sn="7462">shepherd</s>: he shall <sn="6908">gather</s> the <sn="2922">lambs</s> with his <sn="2220">arm</s>, and <sn="5375">carry</s> them in his <sn="2436">bosom</s>, and shall gently <sn="5095">lead</s> those that are with <sn="5763">young</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="4310">Who</s> hath <sn="4058">measured</s> the <sn="4325">waters</s> in the hollow of his <sn="8168">hand</s>, and meted <sn="8505">out</s><sn="8064">heaven</s> with the <sn="2239">span</s>, and <sn="3557">comprehended</s> the <sn="6083">dust</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s> in a <sn="7991">measure</s>, and <sn="8254">weighed</s> the <sn="2022">mountains</s> in <sn="6425">scales</s>, and the <sn="1389">hills</s> in a <sn="3976">balance</s>? </v>
<vn='13'><sn="4310">Who</s> hath <sn="8505">directed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7307">Spirit</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, or being his <sn="376 6098">counselor</s> hath <sn="3045">taught</s> him? </v>
<vn='14'><sn="*853"></s> With <sn="4310">whom</s> took he <sn="3289">counsel</s>, and who <sn="995">instructed</s> him, and <sn="3925">taught</s> him in the <sn="734">path</s> of <sn="4941">judgment</s>, and <sn="3925">taught</s> him <sn="1847">knowledge</s>, and <sn="3045">showed</s> to him the <sn="1870">way</s> of <sn="8394">understanding</s>? </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2005">Behold</s>, the <sn="1471">nations</s> are as a <sn="4752">drop</s> of a <sn="4480 1805">bucket</s>, and are <sn="2803">counted</s> as the small <sn="7834">dust</s> of the <sn="3976">balance</s>: <sn="2005">behold</s>, he taketh <sn="5190">up</s> the <sn="339">isles</s> as a very little <sn="1851">thing</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="3844">Lebanon</s> is <sn="369">not</s><sn="1767">sufficient</s> to <sn="1197">burn</s>, <sn="369">nor</s> the <sn="2416">beasts</s> thereof <sn="1767">sufficient</s> for a burnt <sn="5930">offering</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3605">All</s><sn="1471">nations</s><sn="5048">before</s> him are as <sn="369">nothing</s>; and they are <sn="2803">counted</s> to him less than <sn="4480 657">nothing</s>, and <sn="8414">vanity</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="413">To</s><sn="4310">whom</s> then will ye <sn="1819">liken</s><sn="410">God</s>? or <sn="4100">what</s><sn="1823">likeness</s> will ye <sn="6186">compare</s> unto him? </v>
<vn='19'>The <sn="2796">workman</s><sn="5258">melteth</s> a graven <sn="6459">image</s>, and the <sn="6884">goldsmith</s> spreadeth it <sn="7554">over</s> with <sn="2091">gold</s>, and <sn="6884">casteth</s><sn="3701">silver</s><sn="7577">chains</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>He that is so <sn="5533">impoverished</s> that he hath no <sn="8641">oblation</s><sn="977">chooseth</s> a <sn="6086">tree</s> that will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7537">rot</s>; he <sn="1245">seeketh</s> unto him a <sn="2450">cunning</s><sn="2796">workman</s> to <sn="3559">prepare</s> a graven <sn="6459">image</s>, that shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="4131">moved</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>Have ye <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3045">known</s>? have ye <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">heard</s>? hath it <sn="3808">not</s> been <sn="5046">told</s> you from the <sn="4480 7218">beginning</s>? have ye <sn="3808">not</s><sn="995">understood</s> from the <sn="4480 4146">foundations</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>? </v>
<vn='22'> It is he that <sn="3427">sitteth</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="2329">circle</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>, and the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> thereof are as <sn="2284">grasshoppers</s>; that stretcheth <sn="5186">out</s> the <sn="8064">heavens</s> as a <sn="1852">curtain</s>, and spreadeth them <sn="4969">out</s> as a <sn="168">tent</s> to dwell <sn="3427">in</s>: </v>
<vn='23'>That <sn="5414">bringeth</s> the <sn="7336">princes</s> to <sn="369">nothing</s>; he <sn="6213">maketh</s> the <sn="8199">judges</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s> as <sn="8414">vanity</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="637">Yea</s>, they shall <sn="1077">not</s> be <sn="5193">planted</s>; <sn="637">yea</s>, they shall <sn="1077">not</s> be <sn="2232">sown</s>: <sn="637">yea</s>, their <sn="1503">stock</s> shall <sn="1077">not</s> take <sn="8327">root</s> in the <sn="776">earth</s>: and he shall <sn="1571">also</s><sn="5398">blow</s> upon them, and they shall <sn="3001">wither</s>, and the <sn="5591">whirlwind</s> shall take them <sn="5375">away</s> as <sn="7179">stubble</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="413">To</s><sn="4310">whom</s> then will ye <sn="1819">liken</s> me, or shall I be <sn="7737">equal</s>? <sn="559">saith</s> the Holy <sn="6918">One</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>Lift <sn="5375">up</s> your <sn="5869">eyes</s> on <sn="4791">high</s>, and <sn="7200">behold</s><sn="4310">who</s> hath <sn="1254">created</s><sn="428">these</s> things, that bringeth <sn="3318">out</s> their <sn="6635">host</s> by <sn="4557">number</s>: he <sn="7121">calleth</s> them <sn="3605">all</s> by <sn="8034">names</s> by the <sn="4480 7230">greatness</s> of his <sn="202">might</s>, for that he is <sn="533">strong</s> in <sn="3581">power</s>; <sn="3808">not</s><sn="376">one</s><sn="5737">faileth</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="4100">Why</s><sn="559">sayest</s> thou, O <sn="3290">Jacob</s>, and <sn="1696">speakest</s>, O <sn="3478">Israel</s>, My <sn="1870">way</s> is <sn="5641">hid</s> from the <sn="4480 3068">LORD</s>, and my <sn="4941">judgment</s> is passed <sn="5674">over</s> from my <sn="4480 430">God</s>? </v>
<vn='28'>Hast thou <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3045">known</s>? hast thou <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">heard</s>, that the <sn="5769">everlasting</s><sn="430">God</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="1254">Creator</s> of the <sn="7098">ends</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>, <sn="3286">fainteth</s><sn="3808">not</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> is <sn="3021">weary</s>? there is <sn="369">no</s><sn="2714">searching</s> of his <sn="8394">understanding</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>He <sn="5414">giveth</s><sn="3581">power</s> to the <sn="3287">faint</s>; and to them that have <sn="369">no</s><sn="202">might</s> he <sn="7235">increaseth</s><sn="6109">strength</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>Even the <sn="5288">youths</s> shall <sn="3286">faint</s> and be <sn="3021">weary</s>, and the young <sn="970">men</s> shall utterly <sn="3782 3782">fall</s>: </v>
<vn='31'>But they that wait <sn="6960">upon</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall <sn="2498">renew</s> their <sn="3581">strength</s>; they shall mount <sn="5927">up</s> with <sn="83">wings</s> as <sn="5404">eagles</s>; they shall <sn="7323">run</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="3021">weary</s>; and they shall <sn="1980">walk</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3286">faint</s>. </v>