Isaiah 40:1-11
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z Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
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a Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that b her warfare is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord's hand
double for all her sins.
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c A voice cries:
d "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
e make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
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f Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.
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g And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together,
h for the mouth of the Lord has spoken."
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A voice says, "Cry!"
And I said, "What shall I cry?"
i All flesh is grass,
and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.
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The grass withers, the flower fades
when the breath of the Lord blows on it;
surely the people are grass.
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j The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God will stand forever.
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Get you up to a high mountain,
O Zion, k herald of good news;
lift up your voice with strength,
O Jerusalem, herald of good news;
lift it up, fear not;
say to the cities of Judah,
"Behold your God!"
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l Behold, the Lord God comes with might,
and his arm rules for him;
m behold, his reward is with him,
and his recompense before him.
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n He will tend his flock like a shepherd;
o he will gather the lambs in his arms;
p he will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.
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Cross References
Isaiah 51:12
I, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass.
Luke 2:25
Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
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Cross References
Hosea 2:14
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:22
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:
Jeremiah 25:12
Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the Lord, making the land an everlasting waste.
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Cross References
Matthew 3:3
For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.'
Mark 1:3
The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,'
Luke 3:4
As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
John 1:23
He said, "I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said.
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Cross References
Malachi 3:1
Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 57:14
And it shall be said, "Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people's way.
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Cross References
Psalms 68:4
Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the Lord ; exult before him!
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Cross References
Luke 3:5
Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough places shall become level ways.
Isaiah 49:11
And I will make all my mountains a road, and my highways shall be raised up.
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Cross References
Luke 3:6
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'
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Isaiah 1:20
But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
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Cross References
1 Peter 1:24 - 25
For "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls.
Job 14:2
He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.
Psalms 102:11
My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
Psalms 103:15
As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field.
James 1:10
And the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
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Cross References
James 1:11
For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
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Cross References
Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns.
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Cross References
Isaiah 59:16 - 17
He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intercede; then his own arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness upheld him.
Luke 11:22
But when one stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted and divides his spoil.
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Cross References
Isaiah 62:11
Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, "Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
Revelation 22:12
Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay everyone for what he has done.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 34:23
And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.
Zechariah 11:7
So I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to be slaughtered by the sheep traders. And I took two staffs, one I named Favor, the other I named Union. And I tended the sheep.
John 10:11
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
John 21:15
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs.
Acts 20:28
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
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Cross References
Matthew 18:12
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?
Luke 15:5
And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
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Cross References
Numbers 11:12
Did I conceive all this people? Did I give them birth, that you should say to me, 'Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing child,' to the land that you swore to give their fathers?
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