[DailyReading] A voice in the wilderness

[Daily Bible Readings - English (en)]

Lesson: Faithful Forerunner of the Lord
Reading: A voice in the wilderness  2012-12-06
Reference: Isa. 40:1-11 

Isa 40:1: Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Isa 40:2: 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.
Isa 40:3: 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.
Isa 40:4: 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:
Isa 40:5: 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 .
Isa 40:6: 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:
Isa 40:7: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
Isa 40:8: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Isa 40:9: 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!
Isa 40:10: 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.
Isa 40:11: 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.
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