23:039:008 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the
word of the lord
which
thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there
shall be
peace
and truth in my days.
23:040:001 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
23:040:002 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.
23:040:003 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.
23:040:004 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:
23:040:005 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.
23:040:006 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:
23:040:007 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth:
because the spirit of
the
lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is
grass.
23:040:008 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth:
but the word of our
God
shall stand for ever.
23:040:009 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!
23:040:010 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.
23:040:011 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.
23:040:012 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?
23:040:013 Who hath directed the Spirit of the lord,
or being his
counsellor
hath taught him?
23:040:014 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?
23:040:015 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.


