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. [comfortably: Heb. to the heart] [warfare: or, appointed time]
			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: [straight: or, a straight place] [plain: or, a plain place]
			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! [O Zion...: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion] [O Jerusalem...: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem]
			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. [with strong...: or, against the strong] [his work: or, recompence for his work]
			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# . [that...: or, that give suck]
			12	Who hath measured# the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out# 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? [a measure: Heb. a tierce]
			13	Who hath directed# the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor# hath taught# him? [his...: Heb. man of his counsel]
			14	With whom took he counsel# , and who instructed# him, and taught# him in the path of judgment, and taught# him knowledge, and shewed# to him the way of understanding? [instructed...: Heb. made him understand] [understanding: Heb. understandings?]
			15	Behold, the nations are 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.
			16	And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn# , nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
			17	All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted# to him less than nothing, and vanity.
			18	To whom then will ye liken# God? or what likeness will ye compare# unto him?
			19	The workman melteth# a graven image, and the goldsmith# spreadeth# it over with gold, and casteth# silver chains.
			20	He that is so impoverished# # # # that he hath no oblation chooseth# a tree that will not rot# ; he seeketh# unto him a cunning workman to prepare# a graven image, that shall not be moved# . [is so...: Heb. is poor of oblation]
			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?
			22	It is he that sitteth# upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants# thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out# the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out# as a tent to dwell in# : [It is...: or, Him that]
			23	That bringeth# the princes# to nothing; he maketh# the judges# of the earth as vanity.
			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.
			25	To whom then will ye liken# me, or shall I be equal# ? saith# the Holy One.
			26	Lift up# your eyes on high, and behold# who hath created# these things , that bringeth out# their host by number: he calleth# them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth# .
			27	Why sayest# thou, O Jacob, and speakest# , O Israel, My way is hid# from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over# from my God?
			28	Hast thou not known# ? hast thou not heard# , that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator# of the ends of the earth, fainteth# not, neither is weary# ? there is no searching of his understanding.
			29	He giveth# power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth# strength.
			30	Even the youths shall faint# and be weary# , and the young men shall utterly# fall# :
			31	But they that wait# upon the LORD shall renew# their strength; they shall mount up# with wings as eagles; they shall run# , and not be weary# ; and they shall walk# , and not faint# . [renew: Heb. change]