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Isaiah 40:10 - Meaning and Application
Understand how this verse speaks to what you're facing and how to apply it today
Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Behold, the Lord GOD will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. "
Isaiah 40:10
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
8 The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”
9 You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Don’t be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
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Isaiah 40:1
"“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God."
Isaiah 40:2
"“Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.”"
Isaiah 40:3
"The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of the LORD in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God."
Isaiah 40:4
"Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain."
Isaiah 40:5
"The LORD’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.”"
Isaiah 40:6
"The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field."
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