Isaiah 40

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

consolamini consolamini populus meus dicit Deus vester

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.

loquimini ad cor Hierusalem et avocate eam quoniam conpleta est malitia eius dimissa est iniquitas illius suscepit de manu Domini duplicia pro omnibus peccatis suis

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.

vox clamantis in deserto parate viam Domini rectas facite in solitudine semitas Dei nostri

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:

omnis vallis exaltabitur et omnis mons et collis humiliabitur et erunt prava in directa et aspera in vias planas

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.

et revelabitur gloria Domini et videbit omnis caro pariter quod os Domini locutum est

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:

vox dicentis clama et dixi quid clamabo omnis caro faenum et omnis gloria eius quasi flos agri

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

exsiccatum est faenum et cecidit flos quia spiritus Domini sufflavit in eo vere faenum est populus

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

exsiccatum est faenum cecidit flos verbum autem Dei nostri stabit in aeternum

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!

super montem excelsum ascende tu quae evangelizas Sion exalta in fortitudine vocem tuam quae evangelizas Hierusalem exalta noli timere dic civitatibus Iudae ecce Deus vester

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.

ecce Dominus Deus in fortitudine veniet et brachium eius dominabitur ecce merces eius cum eo et opus illius coram eo

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.

sicut pastor gregem suum pascet in brachio suo congregabit agnos et in sinu suo levabit fetas ipse portabit

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?

quis mensus est pugillo aquas et caelos palmo ponderavit quis adpendit tribus digitis molem terrae et libravit in pondere montes et colles in statera

Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

quis adiuvit spiritum Domini aut quis consiliarius eius fuit et ostendit illi

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?

cum quo iniit consilium et instruxit eum et docuit eum semitam iustitiae et erudivit eum scientiam et viam prudentiae ostendit illi

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.

ecce gentes quasi stilla situlae et quasi momentum staterae reputatae sunt ecce insulae quasi pulvis exiguus

And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

et Libanus non sufficiet ad succendendum et animalia eius non sufficient ad holocaustum

All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

omnes gentes quasi non sint sic sunt coram eo et quasi nihilum et inane reputatae sunt ei

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

cui ergo similem fecistis Deum aut quam imaginem ponetis ei

The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

numquid sculptile conflavit faber aut aurifex auro figuravit illud et lamminis argenteis argentarius

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.

forte lignum et inputribile elegit artifex sapiens quaerit quomodo statuat simulacrum quod non moveatur

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?

numquid non scietis numquid non audietis numquid non adnuntiatum est ab initio vobis numquid non intellexistis fundamenta terrae

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:

qui sedet super gyrum terrae et habitatores eius sunt quasi lucustae qui extendit velut nihilum caelos et expandit eos sicut tabernaculum ad inhabitandum

That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

qui dat secretorum scrutatores quasi non sint iudices terrae velut inane fecit

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.

et quidem neque plantatos neque satos neque radicato in terra trunco eorum repente flavit in eos et aruerunt et turbo quasi stipulam auferet eos

To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

et cui adsimilastis me et adaequastis dicit Sanctus

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.

levate in excelsum oculos vestros et videte quis creavit haec qui educit in numero militiam eorum et omnes ex nomine vocat prae multitudine fortitudinis et roboris virtutisque eius neque unum reliquum fuit

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?

quare dicis Iacob et loqueris Israhel abscondita est via mea a Domino et a Deo meo iudicium meum transibit

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.

numquid nescis aut non audisti Deus sempiternus Dominus qui creavit terminos terrae non deficiet neque laborabit nec est investigatio sapientiae eius

He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

qui dat lasso virtutem et his qui non sunt fortitudinem et robur multiplicat

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

deficient pueri et laborabunt et iuvenes in infirmitate cadent

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.

qui autem sperant in Domino mutabunt fortitudinem adsument pinnas sicut aquilae current et non laborabunt ambulabunt et non deficient