1
Comfort
ye,
comfort
ye
my
people,
saith
your
God.
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.
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.
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:
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].
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:
7
The
grass
withereth,
the
flower
fadeth:
because
the
spirit
of
the
LORD
bloweth
upon
it:
surely
the
people
[is]
grass.
8
The
grass
withereth,
the
flower
fadeth:
but
the
word
of
our
God
shall
stand
for
ever.
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!
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.
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.
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?
13
Who
hath
directed
the
Spirit
of
the
LORD,
or
[being]
his
counsellor
hath
taught
him?
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?
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.
16
And
Lebanon
[is]
not
sufficient
to
burn,
nor
the
beasts
thereof
sufficient
for
a
burnt
offering.
17
All
nations
before
him
[are]
as
nothing;
and
they
are
counted
to
him
less
than
nothing,
and
vanity.
18
To
whom
then
will
ye
liken
God?
or
what
likeness
will
ye
compare
unto
him?
19
The
workman
melteth
a
graven
image,
and
the
goldsmith
spreadeth
it
over
with
gold,
and
casteth
silver
chains.
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.
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?
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
23
That
bringeth
the
princes
to
nothing;
he
maketh
the
judges
of
the
earth
as
vanity.
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.
25
To
whom
then
will
ye
liken
me,
or
shall
I
be
equal?
saith
the
Holy
One.
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.
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?
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.
29
He
giveth
power
to
the
faint;
and
to
[them
that
have]
no
might
he
increaseth
strength.
30
Even
the
youths
shall
faint
and
be
weary,
and
the
young
men
shall
utterly
fall:
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.