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Isaiah 40:21-26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Isaiah 40:21-26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 Have you not known? Have you not heard?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?(A)
22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
who stretches out the heavens like a curtain
and spreads them like a tent to live in,(B)
23 who brings princes to naught
and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.(C)
24 Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,
scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
when he blows upon them, and they wither,
and the tempest carries them off like stubble.(D)
25 To whom, then, will you compare me,
or who is my equal? says the Holy One.(E)
26 Lift up your eyes on high and see:
Who created these?
He who brings out their host and numbers them,
calling them all by name;
because he is great in strength,
mighty in power,
not one is missing.(F)
Isaiah 40:21-26
New International Version
Isaiah 40:21-26
New International Version
21 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?(A)
Has it not been told(B) you from the beginning?(C)
Have you not understood(D) since the earth was founded?(E)
22 He sits enthroned(F) above the circle of the earth,
and its people are like grasshoppers.(G)
He stretches out the heavens(H) like a canopy,(I)
and spreads them out like a tent(J) to live in.(K)
23 He brings princes(L) to naught
and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.(M)
24 No sooner are they planted,
no sooner are they sown,
no sooner do they take root(N) in the ground,
than he blows(O) on them and they wither,(P)
and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.(Q)
25 “To whom will you compare me?(R)
Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.(S)
26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:(T)
Who created(U) all these?
He who brings out the starry host(V) one by one
and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,(W)
not one of them is missing.(X)
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