Isaiah 40.1

Isaiah 40 - -

John's Ministry Predicted

Isaiah 40.1-11

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.

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