JULY 23p a g e 942Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “ This message you have given me from theLORD is good.” For the king was thinking, “At least there will be peace and security during my lifetime.”8JULY 23The prophecy in Isaiah 40–66 cannot be dated. Isaiah may have written it at the time of Assyria’s invasionor at some other point late in his ministry, which ended between 701 and 686 BC. Comfort for God’s People / Isaiah 40:1-31123456789“Comfort, comfort my people,”says your God.“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem.Tell her that her sad days are goneand her sins are pardoned.Yes, the LORD has punished her twice overfor all her sins.”Listen! It’s the voice of someone shouting,“Clear the way through the wildernessfor the LORD!Make a straight highway through the wastelandfor our God!Fill in the valleys,and level the mountains and hills.Straighten the curves,and smooth out the rough places.Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed,and all people will see it together.The LORD has spoken!”*A voice said, “Shout!”I asked, “What should I shout?”“Shout that people are like the grass.Their beauty fades as quicklyas the flowers in a field.The grass withers and the flowers fadebeneath the breath of the LORD.And so it is with people.The grass withers and the flowers fade,but the word of our God stands forever.”O Zion, messenger of good news,shout from the mountaintops!Shout it louder, O Jerusalem.*Shout, and do not be afraid.Tell the towns of Judah,40:3-5 Greek version reads He is a voice shouting in the wilderness, / “Prepare the way for the LORD’s coming! / Clear a roadfor our God! / Fill in the valleys, / and level the mountains and hills. / And then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, / and allpeople will see the salvation sent from God. / The LORD has spoken!” Compare Matt 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4-6. 40:9 OrO messenger of good news, shout to Zion from the mountaintops! Shout it louder to Jerusalem.
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