Verse 13
Isaiah 40:13
Bible in Basic English
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By whom has the spirit of the Lord been guided, or who has been his teacher?
Original Language Text
hebrew
מִֽי תִכֵּ֥ן אֶת ר֖וּחַ יְהוָ֑ה וְ/אִ֥ישׁ עֲצָת֖/וֹ יוֹדִיעֶֽ/נּוּ
English Translation
Who prepares the Spirit of the Lord, and who advises Him?
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 40 Context
1
Give comfort, give comfort, to my people, says your God (Elohim).
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Say kind words to the heart of Jerusalem, crying out to her that her time of trouble is ended, that...
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3
A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a...
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4
Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places bec...
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5
And the glory of the Lord will be made clear, and all flesh will see it together, for the mouth of t...
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6
A voice of one saying, Give a cry! And I said, What is my cry to be? All flesh is grass, and all its...
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7
The grass becomes dry, the flower is dead; because the breath of the Lord goes over it: truly the pe...
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8
The grass is dry, the flower is dead; but the word of our God (Elohim) is eternal.
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9
You who give good news to Zion, get up into the high mountain; you who give good news to Jerusalem,...
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10
See, the Lord God (Elohim) will come as a strong one, ruling in power: see, those made free by him a...
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11
He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and wil...
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12
In the hollow of whose hand have the waters been measured? and who is able to take the heavens in hi...
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13
By whom has the spirit of the Lord been guided, or who has been his teacher?
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Who gave him suggestions, and made clear to him the right way? who gave him knowledge, guiding him i...
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15
See, the nations are to him like a drop hanging from a bucket, and like the small dust in the scales...
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16
And Lebanon is not enough to make a fire with, or all its cattle enough for a burned offering.
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All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.
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18
Whom then is God (Elohim) like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with h...
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19
The workman makes an image, and the gold-worker puts gold plates over it, and makes silver bands for...
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20
The wise workman makes selection of the mulberry-tree of the offering, a wood which will not become...
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21
Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? has not news of it been given to you from...
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22
It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by...
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23
He makes rulers come to nothing; the judges of the earth are of no value.
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24
They have only now been planted, and their seed put into the earth, and they have only now taken roo...
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25
Who then seems to you to be my equal? says the Holy One.
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26
Let your eyes be lifted up on high, and see: who has made these? He who sends out their numbered arm...
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27
Why do you say, O Jacob, such words as these, O Israel, The Lord's eyes are not on my way, and my Go...
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28
Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God (Elohim), the Lord, the M...
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29
He gives power to the feeble, increasing the strength of him who has no force.
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Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his st...
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31
But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: runn...
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