Isaiah 40

²“Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.”

³The voice of one who calls out,

⁴Every valley shall be exalted,

⁵The LORD’s glory shall be revealed,

⁶The voice of one saying, “Cry out!”

⁷The grass withers,

⁸The grass withers,

⁹You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain.

¹⁰Behold, the Lord GOD will come as a mighty one,

¹¹He will feed his flock like a shepherd.

¹²Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,

¹³Who has directed the LORD’s Spirit,

¹⁴Who did he take counsel with,

¹⁵Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket,

¹⁶Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,

¹⁷All the nations are like nothing before him.

¹⁸To whom then will you liken God?

¹⁹A workman has cast an image,

²⁰He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot.

²¹Haven’t you known?

²²It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,

²³who brings princes to nothing,

²⁴They are planted scarcely.

²⁵“To whom then will you liken me?

²⁶Lift up your eyes on high,

²⁷Why do you say, Jacob,

²⁸Haven’t you known?

²⁹He gives power to the weak.

³⁰Even the youths faint and get weary,

³¹but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength.