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Isaiah’s prophecy in Isaiah 40:1-11Isaiah 40:1-11
English: World English Bible - WEB
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1 Comfort you, comfort you my people, says your God.
2 Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry to her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh’s hand double for all her sins.
3 The voice of one who cries, Prepare you in the wilderness the way of Yahweh; make level 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 uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:
5 and the glory of Yahweh shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.
6 The voice of one saying, Cry. One said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory of it is as the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of Yahweh blows on it; surely the people is grass.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
9 You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain; you who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength; lift it up, don’t be afraid; say to the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!
10 Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and will gently lead those who have their young.
WP-Bible plugin for those exiled in Babylon shows us that God intended for His people to look to Him for comfort because He had not forgotten them, loved them and had a future planned for them. We too can draw comfort from this passage, as it is the first of many prophecies about the coming and returning of the Messiah Jesus Christ. The question is, do our daily habits ensure that the first comfort we seek when things go wrong is the comfort that comes from God?
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