Isaiah 40

Isaiah 40

Just The Highlights

“‘Comfort, comfort My people,’ says Your GOD. ‘Speak kindly to the heart of Jerusalem and proclaim to her that her warfare has ended, that her iniquity has been removed. For she has received from ADONAI’s hand double for all her sins. A voice calls out in the wilderness, prepare the Way of ADONAI, make straight in the desert a highway for our GOD. …The Glory of ADONAI will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together.’ For the mouth of ADONAI has spoken…Get you up on a high mountain, you who bring Good News to Zion! Lift up your voice with strength, you who bring Good News to Jerusalem! Lift it up! Do not fear! Say to the cities of Judah: ‘Behold your GOD!’...Who can fathom the SPIRIT of ADONAI? Or instruct Him as His counselor? With whom did He consult, and who instructed Him? Who taught Him in the path of justice or taught Him knowledge? Who informed Him about the way of understanding? ...To whom then will you liken GOD? To what likeness will you compare Him? ...Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? He sits above the circle of the earth-its inhabitants are like grasshoppers-He stretches out the skies like a curtain, spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.”

“‘To whom then will you liken Me? Or who is My equal?’ says The Holy One.”

“Lift up your eyes on high and see! Who created these? The One Who brings out their host by number, The One Who calls them all by name. Because of His Great Strength and Vast Power, not one is missing. …Have you not known? Have you not heard? ADONAI is The Eternal GOD, The Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not grow tired or weary. His Understanding is unsearchable. He gives strength to the weary, and to one without vigor He adds might. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall, but they that wait for ADONAI will renew their strength. They will soar up with wings as eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They shall walk, and not be faint.”

Tree of Life Version