rwbs - Isaiah:39-40

rwbs@Isaiah:39:1 @ At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and had recovered.

rwbs@Isaiah:39:2 @ And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasuries: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah did not show them. (note:)precious things: or, spicery(:note)armour: or, jewels: Hebrews. vessels, or, instruments

rwbs@Isaiah:39:3 @ Then came Isaiah the prophet to king Hezekiah, and said to him, What said these men? and from where came they to thee? And Hezekiah said, They have come to me, from a far country, from Babylon.

rwbs@Isaiah:39:4 @ Then said he, What have they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah answered, All that in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.

rwbs@Isaiah:39:5 @ Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:

rwbs@Isaiah:39:6 @ Behold, the days come, that all that in thy house, and which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.

rwbs@Isaiah:39:7 @ And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

rwbs@Isaiah:39:8 @ Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.

rwbs@Isaiah:40:1 @ Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

rwbs@Isaiah:40:2 @ Speak ye kindly to Jerusalem, and cry to her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received from the LORD’S hand double for all her sins. (note:)comfortably: Hebrews. to the heart(:note)warfare: or, appointed time

rwbs@Isaiah:40:3 @ 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.

rwbs@Isaiah:40:4 @ 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: (note:)straight: or, a straight place(:note)plain: or, a plain place

rwbs@Isaiah:40:5 @ And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh together shall see: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken.

rwbs@Isaiah:40:6 @ The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh grass, and all its beauty as the flower of the field:

rwbs@Isaiah:40:7 @ The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people grass.

rwbs@Isaiah:40:8 @ The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

rwbs@Isaiah:40:9 @ O Zion, that bringest good tidings, go up upon the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift up, be not afraid; say to the cities of Judah, Behold your God! (note:)O Zion…: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion(:note)O Jerusalem…: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem

rwbs@Isaiah:40:10 @ Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward with him, and his work before him. (note:)with strong…: or, against the strong(:note)his work: or, recompence for his work

rwbs@Isaiah:40:11 @ He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry in his bosom, shall gently lead those that are with young. (note:)that…: or, that give suck(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:40:12 @ Who hath comprehended the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? (note:)a measure: Hebrews. a tierce(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:40:13 @ Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or his counsellor hath taught him? (note:)his…: Hebrews. man of his counsel(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:40:14 @ With whom took he counsel, and instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding? (note:)instructed…: Hebrews. made him understand(:note)understanding: Heb. understandings?

rwbs@Isaiah:40:15 @ Behold, the nations as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

rwbs@Isaiah:40:16 @ And Lebanon not sufficient to burn, nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering.

rwbs@Isaiah:40:17 @ All nations before him as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

rwbs@Isaiah:40:18 @ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare him to?

rwbs@Isaiah:40:19 @ The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

rwbs@Isaiah:40:20 @ He that so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree will not rot; he seeketh for himself a skilful workman to prepare a graven image, shall not be moved. (note:)is so…: Hebrews. is poor of oblation(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:40:21 @ Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

rwbs@Isaiah:40:22 @ he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: (note:)It is…: or, Him that(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:40:23 @ That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

rwbs@Isaiah:40:24 @ Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

rwbs@Isaiah:40:25 @ To whom then will ye liken me, or to whom shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

rwbs@Isaiah:40:26 @ Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that strong in power; not one faileth.

rwbs@Isaiah:40:27 @ Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over by my God?

rwbs@Isaiah:40:28 @ Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? no searching of his understanding.

rwbs@Isaiah:40:29 @ He giveth power to the faint; and to no might he increaseth strength.

rwbs@Isaiah:40:30 @ Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

rwbs@Isaiah:40:31 @ But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint. (note:)renew: Hebrews. change(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:41:1 @ Keep silence before me, O isles; and let the people renew strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.