Isaiah 40 (NET)

Isaiah 40:1¹“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 1:4Isa 51:12Isa 51:3Zeph 3:14-171 Thess 4:18Jer 31:10-14Zech 1:13Isa 49:13-16Isa 66:10-14Isa 12:1

Isaiah 40:2²“Speak kindly to Jerusalem and tell her that her time of warfare is over, that her punishment is completed. For the Lord has made her pay double for all her sins.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zech 9:12Isa 61:7Hos 2:14Jer 33:8-9Rev 18:6Isa 43:25Isa 44:22Jer 16:18Song 2:11-13Hab 2:3

Isaiah 40:3³A voice cries out, “In the wilderness clear a way for the Lord; build a level road through the rift valley for our God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mal 3:1Mark 1:2-5John 1:23Matt 3:1-3Luke 1:16-17Luke 1:76-77Mal 4:5-6Isa 57:14Isa 43:19Isa 62:10-11

Isaiah 40:4⁴Every valley must be elevated, and every mountain and hill leveled. The rough terrain will become a level plain, the rugged landscape a wide valley.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 3:5Ezek 21:26Luke 18:14Isa 42:15-16Isa 45:2Ezek 17:24Job 40:11-13Isa 2:12-15Luke 1:52-53Ps 113:7-8

Isaiah 40:5⁵The splendor of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it at the same time. For the Lord has decreed it.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hab 2:14Isa 52:10Joel 2:282 Cor 4:6Isa 60:1Luke 3:6Acts 2:17Isa 11:9Isa 58:14Isa 6:3

Isaiah 40:6⁶A voice says, “Cry out!” Another asks, “What should I cry out?” The first voice responds: “All people are like grass, and all their promises are like the flowers in the field.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 1:24-25Ps 103:15-16Jas 1:10-11Ps 102:11Job 14:2Isa 58:1Ps 90:5-6Ps 92:7Isa 37:27Isa 40:3

Isaiah 40:7⁷The grass dries up, the flowers wither, when the wind sent by the Lord blows on them. Surely humanity is like grass.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 41:21

Isaiah 40:8⁸The grass dries up, the flowers wither, but the decree of our God is forever reliable.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 13:31Matt 24:351 Pet 1:25Ps 119:89-91Matt 5:18Isa 55:10-11Isa 46:10-11John 10:35Isa 59:21John 12:34

Isaiah 40:9⁹Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion. Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! Shout, don’t be afraid! Say to the towns of Judah, “Here is your God!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 52:7-8Eph 6:19Isa 12:2Isa 25:9Isa 61:1Acts 2:14Acts 4:13Acts 4:291 John 5:20-211 Pet 3:14

Isaiah 40:10¹⁰Look, the Sovereign Lord comes as a victorious warrior; his military power establishes his rule. Look, his reward is with him; his prize goes before him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 22:12Isa 62:11Rev 17:14Matt 28:18Isa 49:4Isa 9:6-7Phil 2:10-11John 12:151 John 3:8Eph 1:20-22

Isaiah 40:11¹¹Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 7:17Ps 23:1-6Mic 5:4Ezek 34:23John 10:11-16Isa 49:9-101 Pet 2:25Ezek 34:12-14Ezek 34:31John 21:15-17

Isaiah 40:12¹²Who has measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand, or carefully measured the sky, or carefully weighed the soil of the earth, or weighed the mountains in a balance, or the hills on scales?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 30:4Heb 1:10-12Job 38:4-11Ps 102:25-26Isa 48:13Prov 8:26-28Job 11:7-9Job 28:25Rev 20:11Ps 104:2-3

Isaiah 40:13¹³Who comprehends the mind of the Lord, or gives him instruction as his counselor?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 2:16Rom 11:34Job 21:22Job 36:22-23Luke 10:22Eph 1:11John 1:13

Isaiah 40:14¹⁴From whom does he receive directions? Who teaches him the correct way to do things, or imparts knowledge to him, or instructs him in skillful design?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 21:22Col 2:31 Cor 12:4-6Jas 1:17

Isaiah 40:15¹⁵Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales. He lifts the coastlands as if they were dust.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 40:22Jer 10:10Job 34:14-15Isa 11:11Isa 29:5Gen 10:5Isa 41:5Dan 11:18Isa 59:18Isa 66:19

Isaiah 40:16¹⁶Not even Lebanon could supply enough firewood for a sacrifice; its wild animals would not provide enough burnt offerings.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mic 6:6-7Ps 40:6Ps 50:9-12Heb 10:5-10

Isaiah 40:17¹⁷All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 62:9Dan 4:34-35Isa 29:7

Isaiah 40:18¹⁸To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 46:51 Sam 2:2Isa 40:25Exod 15:11Acts 17:29Jer 10:6Ps 89:6Exod 8:10Job 40:9Mic 7:18

Isaiah 40:19¹⁹A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 10:9Exod 32:2-4Hab 2:18-19Isa 46:6-7Judg 17:4Ps 115:4-8Hos 8:6Isa 2:20Isa 37:18-19Isa 44:10-12

Isaiah 40:20²⁰To make a contribution one selects wood that will not rot; he then seeks a skilled craftsman to make an idol that will not fall over.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 41:7Isa 46:7Jer 10:3-4Isa 2:8-9Dan 5:231 Sam 5:3-4Isa 44:13-19

Isaiah 40:21²¹Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told to you since the very beginning? Have you not understood from the time the earth’s foundations were made?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 14:17Isa 46:8Isa 48:13Ps 50:6Rom 1:19-21Ps 115:8Rom 1:28

Isaiah 40:22²²He is the one who sits on the earth’s horizon; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain, and spreads it out like a pitched tent.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 8:27Isa 42:5Isa 66:1Ps 104:2Jer 10:12Job 22:14Heb 1:10-12Isa 40:15Isa 44:24Isa 51:13

Isaiah 40:23²³He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth’s leaders insignificant.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 12:21Ps 107:40Isa 34:12Jer 25:18-27Isa 19:13-14Isa 23:9Isa 24:21-22Job 34:19-20Luke 1:51-52Ps 76:12

Isaiah 40:24²⁴Indeed, they are barely planted; yes, they are barely sown; yes, they barely take root in the earth, and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up, and the wind carries them away like straw.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 41:16Hag 1:9Isa 17:13Jer 23:191 Kgs 21:21-222 Kgs 10:112 Sam 22:16Hos 13:15Hos 13:3Isa 11:4

Isaiah 40:25²⁵“To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?” says the Holy One.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 40:18Deut 4:15-18Deut 4:33Deut 5:8

Isaiah 40:26²⁶Look up at the sky! Who created all these heavenly lights? He is the one who leads out their ranks; he calls them all by name. Because of his absolute power and awesome strength, not one of them is missing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 1:16-17Jer 32:17-19Isa 48:13Isa 51:6Isa 44:24Ps 147:4-5Ps 89:11-13Deut 4:19Gen 2:1-2Isa 42:5

Isaiah 40:27²⁷Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel, “The Lord is not aware of what is happening to me; My God is not concerned with my vindication”?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 49:4Luke 18:7-8Isa 49:14Job 27:2

Isaiah 40:28²⁸Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is an eternal God, the Creator of the whole earth. He does not get tired or weary; there is no limit to his wisdom.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 11:33-34Ps 147:5Isa 55:8-91 Tim 1:17Phil 1:6Isa 40:211 Cor 2:16Luke 24:25Gen 21:33Jer 4:22

Isaiah 40:29²⁹He gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 41:10Phil 4:132 Cor 12:9-10Col 1:11Zech 10:12Jer 31:25Ps 29:11Isa 50:4Deut 33:25Heb 11:34

Isaiah 40:30³⁰Even youths get tired and weary; even strong young men clumsily stumble.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 2:14Ps 34:10Ps 33:16Eccl 9:11Isa 13:18Isa 9:17

Isaiah 40:31³¹But those who wait for the Lord ’s help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lam 3:25-262 Cor 4:16Ps 27:13-14Ps 103:52 Cor 12:9-10Heb 12:1Gal 6:9Rom 8:25Isa 30:18Ps 84:7