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Isaiah 40:12-26

40:12

Who hath measured
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the waters
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in the hollow of his hand
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and meted out
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heaven
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with the span
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and comprehended
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the dust
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of the earth
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in a measure
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and weighed
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the mountains
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in scales
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and the hills
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in a balance
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{a measure: Heb. a tierce}

40:13

Who hath directed
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the Spirit
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of the LORD
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or [being] his counsellor
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hath taught
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him? {his...: Heb. man of his counsel}

40:14

With whom took he counsel
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and [who] instructed
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him, and taught
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him in the path
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of judgment
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and taught
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him knowledge
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and shewed
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to him the way
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of understanding
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{instructed...: Heb. made him understand} {understanding: Heb. understandings?}

40:15

Behold, the nations
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[are] as a drop
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of a bucket
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and are counted
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as the small dust
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of the balance
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behold, he taketh up
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the isles
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as a very little thing
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40:16

And Lebanon
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[is] not
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sufficient
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to burn
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nor the beasts
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thereof sufficient
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for a burnt offering
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40:17

All nations
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before him [are] as nothing; and they are counted
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to him less than nothing
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and vanity
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40:18

To whom then will ye liken
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God
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or what likeness
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will ye compare
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unto him?

40:19

The workman
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melteth
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a graven image
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and the goldsmith
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spreadeth
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it over with gold
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and casteth
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silver
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chains
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40:20

He that [is] so impoverished
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that he hath no oblation
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chooseth
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a tree
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[that] will not rot
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he seeketh
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unto him a cunning
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workman
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to prepare
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a graven image
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[that] shall not be moved
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{is so...: Heb. is poor of oblation}

40:21

Have ye not known
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have ye not heard
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hath it not been told
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you from the beginning
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have ye not understood
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from the foundations
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of the earth
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40:22

[It is] he that sitteth
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upon the circle
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of the earth
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and the inhabitants
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thereof [are] as grasshoppers
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that stretcheth out
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the heavens
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as a curtain
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and spreadeth them out
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as a tent
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to dwell in
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{It is...: or, Him that}

40:23

That bringeth
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the princes
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to nothing; he maketh
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the judges
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of the earth
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as vanity
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40:24

Yea, they shall not be planted
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yea, they shall not be sown
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yea, their stock
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shall not take root
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in the earth
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and he shall also blow
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upon them, and they shall wither
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and the whirlwind
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shall take
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them away as stubble
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40:25

To whom then will ye liken
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me, or shall I be equal
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saith
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the Holy One
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40:26

Lift up
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your eyes
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on high
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and behold
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who hath created
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these [things], that bringeth out
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their host
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by number
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he calleth
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them all by names
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by the greatness
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of his might
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for that [he is] strong
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in power
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not one
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faileth
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