Verse 20
Isaiah 40:20
American Standard Version
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He that is too impoverished for [such] an oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilful workman to set up a graven image, that shall not be moved.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הַֽ/מְסֻכָּ֣ן תְּרוּמָ֔ה עֵ֥ץ לֹֽא יִרְקַ֖ב יִבְחָ֑ר חָרָ֤שׁ חָכָם֙ יְבַקֶּשׁ ל֔/וֹ לְ/הָכִ֥ין פֶּ֖סֶל לֹ֥א יִמּֽוֹט
English Translation
The offering is from a tree that will not rot; a wise craftsman seeks to prepare an idol that will not fall.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 40 Context
1
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God (Elohim).
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Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniq...
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3
The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the des...
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4
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall b...
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5
and the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Je...
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6
The voice of one saying, Cry. And one said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodli...
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7
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the pe...
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8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God (Elohim) shall stand forever.
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9
O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up on a high mountain; O thou that tellest good t...
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10
Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his rewar...
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11
He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his b...
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12
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comp...
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13
Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
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14
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught...
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15
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: B...
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16
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.
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17
All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanit...
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18
To whom then will ye liken God (Elohim)? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
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19
The image, a workman hath cast [it], and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth [for it]...
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20
He that is too impoverished for [such] an oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unt...
21
Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not und...
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22
[It is] he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppe...
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23
that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
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24
Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root...
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25
To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal [to him]? saith the Holy One.
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26
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; h...
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27
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice [due]...
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28
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God (Elohim), Jehovah, the Creator of the...
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29
He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.
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30
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
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31
but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles;...
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