American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. Comfort[H5162] ye[H5162], comfort ye my people[H5971], saith[H559] your God[H430].

2. Speak[H1696] ye comfortably[H3820] to Jerusalem[H3389]; and cry[H7121] unto her[H6635], that her warfare is accomplished[H4390], that her iniquity[H5771] is pardoned[H7521], that she hath received[H3947] of Jehovah[H3068]'s hand[H3027] double[H3718] for all her sins[H2403].

3. The voice[H6963] of one that crieth[H7121], Prepare[H6437] ye in the wilderness[H4057] the way[H1870] of Jehovah[H3068]; make level[H3474] in the desert[H6160] a highway[H4546] for our God[H430].

4. Every valley[H1516] shall be exalted[H5375], and every mountain[H2022] and hill[H1389] shall be made low[H8213]; and the uneven[H6121] shall be made level[H4334], and the rough places[H7406] a plain[H1237]:

5. and the glory[H3519] of Jehovah[H3068] shall be revealed[H1540], and all flesh[H1320] shall see[H7200] it together[H3162]; for the mouth[H6310] of Jehovah[H3068] hath spoken it[H1696].

6. The voice[H6963] of one saying[H559], Cry[H7121]. And one said[H559], What shall I cry[H7121]? All flesh[H1320] is grass[H2682], and all the goodliness[H2617] thereof is as the flower[H6731] of the field[H7704].

7. The grass[H2682] withereth[H3001], the flower[H6731] fadeth[H5034], because the breath[H7307] of Jehovah[H3068] bloweth[H5380] upon it[H403]; surely the people[H5971] is grass[H2682].

8. The grass[H2682] withereth[H3001], the flower[H6731] fadeth[H5034]; but the word[H1697] of our God[H430] shall stand[H6965] forever[H5769].

9. O thou that tellest good tidings[H1319] to Zion[H6726], get thee up[H5927] on a high[H1364] mountain[H2022]; O thou that tellest good tidings[H1319] to Jerusalem[H3389], lift up[H7311] thy voice[H6963] with strength[H3581]; lift it up[H7311], be not afraid[H3372]; say[H559] unto the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], Behold[H430], your God!

10. Behold[H136], the Lord Jehovah[H136] will come[H935] as a mighty[H2389] one[H2220], and his arm will rule[H4910] for him[H7939]: Behold, his reward is with him[H6468], and his recompense before him[H6440].

11. He will feed[H7462] his flock[H5739] like a shepherd[H7462], he will gather[H6908] the lambs[H2922] in his arm[H2220], and carry[H5375] them in his bosom[H2436], and will gently lead[H5095] those that have their young[H5763].

12. Who hath measured[H4058] the waters[H4325] in the hollow of his hand[H8168], and meted out[H8505] heaven[H8064] with the span[H2239], and comprehended[H3557] the dust[H6083] of the earth[H776] in a measure[H7991], and weighed[H8254] the mountains[H2022] in scales[H6425], and the hills[H1389] in a balance[H3976]?

13. Who hath directed[H8505] the Spirit[H7307] of Jehovah[H3068], or being his counsellor[H376] hath taught him[H3045]?

14. With whom took he counsel[H3289], and who instructed[H995] him[H3925], and taught him in the path[H734] of justice[H4941], and taught[H3925] him knowledge[H1847], and showed[H3045] to him the way[H1870] of understanding[H8394]?

15. Behold[H1471], the nations are as a drop[H4752] of a bucket[H1805], and are accounted[H2803] as the small dust[H7834] of the balance[H3976]: Behold[H5190], he taketh up the isles[H339] as a very little thing[H1851].

16. And Lebanon[H3844] is not[H369] sufficient[H1767] to burn[H1197], nor the beasts[H2416] thereof sufficient[H1767] for a burnt-offering[H5930].

17. All the nations[H1471] are as nothing before him[H2803]; they are accounted by him as less than nothing[H657], and vanity[H8414].

18. To whom then will ye liken[H1819] God[H410]? or what likeness[H1823] will ye compare unto him[H6186]?

19. The image[H6459], a workman[H2796] hath cast[H5258] it[H6884], and the goldsmith overlayeth[H7554] it with gold[H2091], and casteth[H6884] for it silver[H3701] chains[H7577].

20. He that is too impoverished[H5533] for such an oblation[H8641] chooseth[H977] a tree[H6086] that will not rot[H7537]; he seeketh[H1245] unto him a skilful[H2450] workman[H2796] to set[H3559] up a graven image[H6459], that shall not be moved[H4131].

21. Have ye not known[H3045]? have yet not heard[H8085]? hath it not been told[H5046] you from the beginning[H7218]? have ye not understood[H995] from the foundations[H4146] of the earth[H776]?

22. It is he that sitteth[H3427] above the circle[H2329] of the earth[H776], and the inhabitants[H3427] thereof are as grasshoppers[H2284]; that stretcheth out[H5186] the heavens[H8064] as a curtain[H1852], and spreadeth them out[H4969] as a tent[H168] to dwell in[H3427];

23. that bringeth[H5414] princes[H7336] to nothing[H6213]; that maketh the judges[H8199] of the earth[H776] as vanity[H8414].

24. Yea[H5193], they have not been planted; yea[H2232], they have not been sown; yea[H1503], their stock hath not taken root[H8327] in the earth[H776]: moreover he bloweth[H5398] upon them[H3001], and they wither, and the whirlwind[H5591] taketh[H5375] them away as stubble[H7179].

25. To whom then will ye liken[H1819] me[H7737], that I should be equal to him[H559]? saith the Holy One[H6918].

26. Lift up[H5375] your eyes[H5869] on high[H4791], and see[H7200] who hath created[H1254] these[H3318], that bringeth out their host[H6635] by number[H4557]; he calleth[H7121] them all by name[H8034]; by the greatness[H7230] of his might[H202], and for that he is strong[H533] in power[H3581], not one[H376] is lacking[H5737].

27. Why sayest[H559] thou[H3290], O Jacob, and speakest[H1696], O Israel[H3478], My way[H1870] is hid[H5641] from Jehovah[H3068], and the justice[H4941] due to me is passed away[H5674] from my God[H430]?

28. Hast thou not known[H3045]? hast thou not heard[H8085]? The everlasting[H5769] God[H430], Jehovah[H3068], the Creator[H1254] of the ends[H7098] of the earth[H776], fainteth[H3286] not[H3021], neither is weary; there is no searching[H2714] of his understanding[H8394].

29. He giveth[H5414] power[H3581] to the faint[H3287]; and to him that hath no might[H202] he increaseth[H7235] strength[H6109].

30. Even the youths[H5288] shall faint[H3286] and be weary[H3021], and the young men[H970] shall utterly[H3782] fall[H3782]:

31. but they that wait[H6960] for Jehovah[H3068] shall renew[H2498] their strength[H3581]; they shall mount up[H5927] with wings[H83] as eagles[H5404]; they shall run[H7323], and not be weary[H3021]; they shall walk[H3212], and not faint[H3286].