Comfort
ye, comfort
ye my people,
saith
your God.
Speak
ye comfortably
to Jerusalem,
and cry
unto her, that her warfare
is accomplished,
that her iniquity
is pardoned:
for she hath received
of the LORD'S
hand
double
for all her sins.
fill
The voice
of him that crieth
in the wilderness,
Prepare
ye the way
of the LORD,
make straight
in the desert
a highway
for our God.
Every valley
shall be exalted,
and every mountain
and hill
shall be made low:
and the crooked
shall be made straight,
and the rough places
plain:
And the glory
of the LORD
shall be revealed,
and all flesh
shall see
it together:
for the mouth
of the LORD
hath spoken
it.
The voice
said,
Cry.
And he said,
What shall I cry?
All flesh
is grass,
and all the goodliness
thereof is as the flower
of the field:
The grass
withereth,
the flower
fadeth:
because the spirit
of the LORD
bloweth
upon it: surely
the people
is grass.
The grass
withereth,
the flower
fadeth:
but the word
of our God
shall stand
for ever.
O Zion,
that bringest good tidings,
get thee up
into the high
mountain;
O Jerusalem,
that bringest good tidings,
lift up
thy voice
with strength;
lift it up,
be not afraid;
say
unto the cities
of Judah,
Behold your God!
say
Behold, the Lord
GOD
will come
with strong
hand, and his arm
shall rule
for him: behold, his reward
is with him, and his work
before
him.
He shall feed
his flock
like a shepherd:
he shall gather
the lambs
with his arm,
and carry
them in his bosom,
and shall gently lead
those that are with young.
Who hath measured
the waters
in the hollow of his hand,
and meted out
heaven
with the span,
and comprehended
the dust
of the earth
in a measure,
and weighed
the mountains
in scales,
and the hills
in a balance?
space one can span with the thumb and little finger
σπιθαμῇ
spithamē
handful
δρακί
draki
weight
σταθμῷ
stathmō
wooded vale
νάπας
napas
Who hath directed
the Spirit
of the LORD,
or being his counsellor
hath taught
him?
With whom took he counsel,
and who instructed
him, and taught
him in the path
of judgment,
and taught
him knowledge,
and shewed
to him the way
of understanding?
Behold, the nations
are as a drop
of a bucket,
and are counted
as the small dust
of the balance:
behold, he taketh up
the isles
as a very little thing.
And Lebanon
is not
sufficient
to burn,
nor the beasts
thereof sufficient
for a burnt offering.
All nations
before him are as nothing; and they are counted
to him less than nothing,
and vanity.
To whom then will ye liken
God?
or what likeness
will ye compare
unto him?
The workman
melteth
a graven image,
and the goldsmith
spreadeth
it over with gold,
and casteth
silver
chains.
He that is so impoverished
that he hath no oblation
chooseth
a tree
that will not rot;
he seeketh
unto him a cunning
workman
to prepare
a graven image,
that shall not be moved.
Have ye not known?
have ye not heard?
hath it not been told
you from the beginning?
have ye not understood
from the foundations
of the earth?
It is he that sitteth
upon the circle
of the earth,
and the inhabitants
thereof are as grasshoppers;
that stretcheth out
the heavens
as a curtain,
and spreadeth them out
as a tent
to dwell in:
ring
γῦρον
gyron
vault
καμάραν
kamaran
stretch to the uttermost
διατείνας
diateinas
That bringeth
the princes
to nothing; he maketh
the judges
of the earth
as vanity.
Yea, they shall not be planted;
yea, they shall not be sown:
yea, their stock
shall not take root
in the earth:
and he shall also blow
upon them, and they shall wither,
and the whirlwind
shall take
them away as stubble.
squall descending from above
καταιγὶς
kataigis
To whom then will ye liken
me, or shall I be equal?
saith
the Holy One.
Lift up
your eyes
on high,
and behold
who hath created
these things, that bringeth out
their host
by number:
he calleth
them all by names
by the greatness
of his might,
for that he is strong
in power;
not one
faileth.
invent
κατέδειξεν
katedeixen
Why sayest
thou, O Jacob,
and speakest,
O Israel,
My way
is hid
from the LORD,
and my judgment
is passed over
from my God?
say
Hast thou not known?
hast thou not heard,
that the everlasting
God,
the LORD,
the Creator
of the ends
of the earth,
fainteth
not, neither is weary?
there is no searching
of his understanding.
searching out
ἐξεύρεσις
exeuresis
He giveth
power
to the faint;
and to them that have no might
he increaseth
strength.
Even the youths
shall faint
and be weary,
and the young men
shall utterly
fall:
But they that wait
upon the LORD
shall renew
their strength;
they shall mount up
with wings
as eagles;
they shall run,
and not be weary;
and they shall walk,
and not faint.
