Verse 30
Isaiah 40:30
New Living Translation
30
Even youths will become weak and tired,<br>and young men will fall in exhaustion.<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/יִֽעֲפ֥וּ נְעָרִ֖ים וְ/יִגָ֑עוּ וּ/בַחוּרִ֖ים כָּשׁ֥וֹל יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ
English Translation
And youths will faint and young men will stumble, and the chosen ones will fall.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 40 Context
1
“Comfort, comfort my people,”<br>says your God (Elohim).<br>
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“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem.<br>Tell her that her sad days are gone<br>and her sins are pardoned.<b...
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3
Listen! It’s the voice of someone shouting,<br>“Clear the way through the wilderness<br>for the LORD...
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4
Fill in the valleys,<br>and level the mountains and hills.<br>Straighten the curves,<br>and smooth o...
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5
Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed,<br>and all people will see it together.<br>The LORD has...
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6
A voice said, “Shout!”<br>I asked, “What should I shout?”<br> “Shout that people are like the grass....
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7
The grass withers and the flowers fade<br>beneath the breath of the LORD.<br>And so it is with peopl...
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8
The grass withers and the flowers fade,<br>but the word of our God (Elohim) stands forever.”<br>
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9
O Zion, messenger of good news,<br>shout from the mountaintops!<br>Shout it louder, O Jerusalem.<br>...
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10
Yes, the Sovereign LORD is coming in power.<br>He will rule with a powerful arm.<br>See, he brings h...
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11
He will feed his flock like a shepherd.<br>He will carry the lambs in his arms,<br>holding them clos...
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12
Who else has held the oceans in his hand?<br>Who has measured off the heavens with his fingers?<br>W...
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13
Who is able to advise the Spirit of the LORD?<br>Who knows enough to give him advice or teach him?<b...
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14
Has the LORD ever needed anyone’s advice?<br>Does he need instruction about what is good?<br>Did som...
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15
No, for all the nations of the world<br>are but a drop in the bucket.<br>They are nothing more<br>th...
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16
All the wood in Lebanon’s forests<br>and all Lebanon’s animals would not be enough<br>to make a burn...
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17
The nations of the world are worth nothing to him.<br>In his eyes they count for less than nothing —...
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18
To whom can you compare God (Elohim)?<br>What image can you find to resemble him?<br>
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19
Can he be compared to an idol formed in a mold,<br>overlaid with gold, and decorated with silver cha...
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20
Or if people are too poor for that,<br>they might at least choose wood that won’t decay<br>and a ski...
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21
Haven’t you heard? Don’t you understand?<br>Are you deaf to the words of God (Elohim) —<br>the words...
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22
God (Elohim) sits above the circle of the earth.<br>The people below seem like grasshoppers to him!<...
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23
He judges the great people of the world<br>and brings them all to nothing.<br>
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24
They hardly get started, barely taking root,<br>when he blows on them and they wither.<br>The wind c...
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25
“To whom will you compare me?<br>Who is my equal?” asks the Holy One.<br>
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26
Look up into the heavens.<br>Who created all the stars?<br>He brings them out like an army, one afte...
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27
O Jacob, how can you say the LORD does not see your troubles?<br>O Israel, how can you say God (Eloh...
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28
Have you never heard?<br>Have you never understood?<br>The LORD is the everlasting God (Elohim),<br>...
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29
He gives power to the weak<br>and strength to the powerless.<br>
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30
Even youths will become weak and tired,<br>and young men will fall in exhaustion.<br>
31
But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength.<br>They will soar high on wings like eagles....
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