{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/isaiah/40","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:05:49.102Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":40,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":39,"nextChapter":41,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":31},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see <i>it</i> together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken <i>it</i>."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh <i>is</i> grass, and all the goodliness thereof <i>is</i> as the flower of the field:"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people <i>is</i> grass."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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 <i>it</i> up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong <i>hand</i>, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward <i>is</i> with him, and his work before him."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry <i>them</i> in his bosom, <i>and</i> shall gently lead those that are with young."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or <i>being</i> his counseller hath taught him?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"With whom took he counsel, and <i>who</i> instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Behold, the nations <i>are</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And Lebanon <i>is</i> not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"All nations before him <i>are</i> as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He that <i>is</i> so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree <i>that</i> will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, <i>that</i> shall not be moved."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"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?"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"<i>It is</i> he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof <i>are</i> as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these <i>things</i>, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that <i>he is</i> strong in power; not one faileth."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"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?"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, <i>that</i> the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? <i>there is</i> no searching of his understanding."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"He giveth power to the faint; and to <i>them that have</i> no might he increaseth strength."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew <i>their</i> strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; <i>and</i> they shall walk, and not faint."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 40 (KJV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 40](https://primebible.com/kjv/isaiah/40)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/isaiah/40 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}