Daily Bible GNT July 8 Verses

Words of Hope

Isaiah 40 "Comfort my people," says our God. "Comfort them!

²Encourage the people of Jerusalem.

Tell them they have suffered long enough

and their sins are now forgiven.

I have punished them in full for all their sins."

³A voice cries out,

"Prepare in the wilderness a road for the LORD!

Clear the way in the desert for our God!

⁴Fill every valley;

level every mountain.

The hills will become a plain,

and the rough country will be made smooth.

⁵Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed,

and all people will see it.

The LORD himself has promised this."

⁶A voice cries out, "Proclaim a message!"

"What message shall I proclaim?" I ask.

"Proclaim that all human beings are like grass;

they last no longer than wild flowers.

⁷Grass withers and flowers fade

when the LORD sends the wind blowing over them.

People are no more enduring than grass.

⁸Yes, grass withers and flowers fade,

but the word of our God endures forever."

⁹Jerusalem, go up on a high mountain

and proclaim the good news!

Call out with a loud voice, Zion;

announce the good news!

Speak out and do not be afraid.

Tell the towns of Judah

that their God is coming!

¹⁰The Sovereign LORD is coming to rule with power,

bringing with him the people he has rescued.

¹¹He will take care of his flock like a shepherd;

he will gather the lambs together

and carry them in his arms;

he will gently lead their mothers.

This reading is from The Holy Bible, Today's English Version, Second Edition copyright © American Bible Society, 1992;
Old Testament copyright © American Bible Society, 1976, 1992; New Testament © American Bible Society, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992.

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