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Isaiah Chapter 40

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Isaiah 40 presents God as a source of hope and strength for the people, describing His power to lift up the weary and give them rest. It also proclaims that He is the God of all nations, who gives light to those who walk in darkness.

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(1) Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
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Isaiah 3:10Isaiah 35:3Isaiah 35:4Isaiah 41:10Isaiah 41:11Isaiah 41:12Isaiah 41:13Isaiah 41:14Isaiah 41:27Isaiah 49:13Isaiah 49:14Isaiah 49:15

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I Chronicles 19:2Isaiah 51:3II Corinthians 1:4

(2) 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.
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Genesis 34:3II Chronicles 30:22Hosea 2:14Psalms 102:13Psalms 102:14Psalms 102:15Psalms 102:16Psalms 102:17Psalms 102:18Psalms 102:19Psalms 102:20Psalms 102:21

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Lamentations 4:22Romans 8:15Revelation 18:6

(3) 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.
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Matthew 3:1Matthew 3:2Matthew 3:3Mark 1:2Mark 1:3Mark 1:4Mark 1:5Luke 3:2Luke 3:3Luke 3:4Luke 3:5Luke 3:6

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Matthew 3:3Mark 1:3Luke 3:4

(4) 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:
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Isaiah 42:11Isaiah 42:15Isaiah 42:16I Samuel 2:8Psalms 113:7Psalms 113:8Ezekiel 17:24Ezekiel 21:26Luke 1:52Luke 1:53Luke 3:5Luke 18:14

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Luke 3:5Joshua 11:16Joshua 15:8Joshua 18:16Psalms 68:15I Samuel 17:3

(5) 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.
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Isaiah 6:3Isaiah 11:9Isaiah 35:2Isaiah 60:1Psalms 72:19Psalms 96:6Psalms 102:16Habakkuk 2:14Luke 2:10Luke 2:11Luke 2:12Luke 2:13

(6) 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:
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Isaiah 40:3Isaiah 12:6Isaiah 58:1Isaiah 61:1Isaiah 61:2Jeremiah 2:2Jeremiah 31:6Hosea 5:8Isaiah 37:27Job 14:2Psalms 90:5Psalms 90:6

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I Peter 1:24Exodus 22:23Job 19:7Job 34:28Job 35:9Psalms 141:1

(7) The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
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I Peter 1:24Isaiah 40:8II Kings 19:26Isaiah 37:27Daniel 4:15James 1:11

(8) The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
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Isaiah 46:10Isaiah 46:11Isaiah 55:10Isaiah 55:11Psalms 119:89Psalms 119:90Psalms 119:91Zechariah 1:6Matthew 5:18Matthew 24:35Mark 13:31John 10:35

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I Peter 1:24Isaiah 40:7James 1:11

(9) 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!
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Isaiah 41:27Isaiah 52:7Ezra 1:1Ezra 1:2Luke 24:47Romans 10:18Judges 9:7I Samuel 26:13I Samuel 26:14II Chronicles 13:4Isaiah 52:8Isaiah 58:4

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II Samuel 18:20Isaiah 52:7Isaiah 10:24Psalms 24:7Psalms 24:9Isaiah 10:15

(10) 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.
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Isaiah 9:6Isaiah 9:7Isaiah 59:15Isaiah 59:16Isaiah 59:17Isaiah 59:18Isaiah 59:19Isaiah 59:20Isaiah 59:21Isaiah 60:1Isaiah 60:2Isaiah 60:3

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Judges 8:23Isaiah 28:7Haggai 2:4

(11) 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.
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Isaiah 49:9Isaiah 49:10Isaiah 63:11Genesis 49:24Psalms 23:1Psalms 23:2Psalms 23:3Psalms 23:4Psalms 23:5Psalms 23:6Psalms 78:71Psalms 78:72

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Ezekiel 34:8Ezekiel 34:10Zechariah 11:7Zechariah 11:17Ezekiel 34:23Jeremiah 31:10

(12) 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?
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Isaiah 48:13Job 11:7Job 11:8Job 11:9Job 38:4Job 38:5Job 38:6Job 38:7Job 38:8Job 38:9Job 38:10Job 38:11

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Ezekiel 47:4Genesis 1:6Leviticus 11:9Leviticus 11:10Joshua 3:13Ezekiel 47:3

(13) Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
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Job 21:22Job 36:22Job 36:23Luke 10:22John 1:13Romans 11:34I Corinthians 2:16Ephesians 1:11

(14) 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?
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I Corinthians 12:4I Corinthians 12:5I Corinthians 12:6Colossians 2:3James 1:17

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II Chronicles 17:9II Chronicles 30:22Ecclesiastes 12:9Isaiah 11:2James 2:13Acts 20:20

(15) 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.
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Isaiah 40:22Job 34:14Job 34:15Jeremiah 10:10Isaiah 11:11Isaiah 41:5Isaiah 59:18Isaiah 66:19Genesis 10:5Daniel 11:18Zephaniah 2:11

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Deuteronomy 9:21Proverbs 6:10Proverbs 24:33

(16) And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
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Psalms 40:6Psalms 50:10Psalms 50:11Psalms 50:12Micah 6:6Micah 6:7Hebrews 10:5Hebrews 10:6Hebrews 10:7Hebrews 10:8Hebrews 10:9Hebrews 10:10

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II Kings 14:9II Chronicles 25:18

(17) All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
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Job 25:6Psalms 62:9Daniel 4:34Daniel 4:35II Corinthians 12:11

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I Corinthians 7:19II Corinthians 12:11I Timothy 6:7Psalms 39:5Ecclesiastes 6:2Isaiah 40:23

(18) To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
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Isaiah 40:25Isaiah 46:5Isaiah 46:9Exodus 8:10Exodus 9:14Exodus 15:11Exodus 20:4Deuteronomy 33:26I Samuel 2:2Job 40:9Psalms 86:8Psalms 86:9

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Ezekiel 1:26

(19) The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
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Isaiah 37:18Isaiah 37:19Isaiah 41:6Isaiah 41:7Isaiah 44:10Isaiah 44:11Isaiah 44:12Isaiah 46:6Isaiah 46:7Exodus 32:2Exodus 32:3Exodus 32:4

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Judges 17:3Leviticus 26:1Judges 17:4Habakkuk 2:18Judges 18:14Judges 18:17

(20) 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.
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Isaiah 2:8Isaiah 2:9Isaiah 44:13Isaiah 44:14Isaiah 44:15Isaiah 44:16Isaiah 44:17Isaiah 44:18Isaiah 44:19Jeremiah 10:3Jeremiah 10:4Daniel 5:23

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Isaiah 41:19Ezekiel 17:24Joel 1:12Leviticus 26:1Habakkuk 2:18Genesis 2:9

(21) 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?
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Isaiah 27:11Isaiah 44:20Isaiah 46:8Psalms 19:1Psalms 19:2Psalms 19:3Psalms 19:4Psalms 19:5Psalms 115:8Jeremiah 10:8Jeremiah 10:9Jeremiah 10:10

(22) 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:
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Isaiah 19:1Isaiah 66:1Psalms 2:4Psalms 29:10Psalms 68:33Isaiah 40:15Isaiah 40:17Numbers 13:33Isaiah 42:5Isaiah 44:24Isaiah 51:13Job 9:8

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Genesis 31:33Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Psalms 148:4Isaiah 44:24

(23) That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
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Isaiah 19:13Isaiah 19:14Isaiah 23:9Isaiah 24:21Isaiah 24:22Job 12:21Job 34:19Job 34:20Psalms 76:12Psalms 107:40Jeremiah 25:18Jeremiah 25:19

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Proverbs 13:7Isaiah 40:17Psalms 68:27I Samuel 2:6I Samuel 2:7Proverbs 30:33

(24) 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.
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Isaiah 14:21Isaiah 14:22Isaiah 17:11I Kings 21:21I Kings 21:22II Kings 10:11Job 15:30Job 15:31Job 15:32Job 15:33Job 18:16Job 18:17

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Ezekiel 17:10

(25) To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
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Isaiah 40:18Deuteronomy 4:15Deuteronomy 4:16Deuteronomy 4:17Deuteronomy 4:18Deuteronomy 4:33Deuteronomy 5:8

(26) 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.
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Isaiah 51:6Deuteronomy 4:19Job 31:26Job 31:27Job 31:28Psalms 8:3Psalms 8:4Psalms 19:1Isaiah 44:24Isaiah 45:7Isaiah 48:13Genesis 2:1

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Genesis 1:27Isaiah 54:16Revelation 4:11II Samuel 24:2II Samuel 24:4Numbers 3:40

(27) 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?
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I Samuel 9:4I Samuel 1:8Romans 14:10Judges 11:29II Samuel 15:23

(28) 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.
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Jeremiah 4:22Mark 8:17Mark 8:18Mark 9:19Mark 16:14Luke 24:25John 14:9I Corinthians 6:3I Corinthians 6:4I Corinthians 6:5I Corinthians 6:9I Corinthians 6:16

(29) He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
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Isaiah 41:10Genesis 49:24Deuteronomy 33:25Psalms 29:11Zechariah 10:12II Corinthians 12:9II Corinthians 12:10Philippians 4:13Colossians 1:11Hebrews 11:34

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Psalms 68:35Isaiah 44:12

(30) Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
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Isaiah 9:17Isaiah 13:18Psalms 33:16Psalms 34:10Psalms 39:5Ecclesiastes 9:11Amos 2:14

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Deuteronomy 22:6

(31) 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.
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Isaiah 8:17Isaiah 25:9Isaiah 30:18Psalms 25:3Psalms 25:5Psalms 25:21Psalms 27:14Psalms 37:34Psalms 40:1Psalms 84:7Psalms 92:1Psalms 92:13

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Isaiah 44:12Exodus 19:20I Corinthians 9:24Zechariah 5:9

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