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consolamini consolamini populus meus dicit Deus vester

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loquimini ad cor Hierusalem et avocate eam quoniam conpletaest malitia eius dimissa est iniquitas illius suscepit de manuDomini duplicia pro omnibus peccatis suis

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vox clamantis in deserto parate viam Domini rectas facitein solitudine semitas Dei nostri

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omnis vallis exaltabitur et omnis mons et collishumiliabitur et erunt prava in directa et aspera in vias planas

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et revelabitur gloria Domini et videbit omnis caro pariterquod os Domini locutum est

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vox dicentis clama et dixi quid clamabo omnis caro faenumet omnis gloria eius quasi flos agri

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exsiccatum est faenum et cecidit flos quia spiritus Dominisufflavit in eo vere faenum est populus

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exsiccatum est faenum cecidit flos verbum autem Dei nostristabit in aeternum

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super montem excelsum ascende tu quae evangelizas Sionexalta in fortitudine vocem tuam quae evangelizas Hierusalemexalta noli timere dic civitatibus Iudae ecce Deus vester

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ecce Dominus Deus in fortitudine veniet et brachium eiusdominabitur ecce merces eius cum eo et opus illius coram eo

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sicut pastor gregem suum pascet in brachio suo congregabitagnos et in sinu suo levabit fetas ipse portabit

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quis mensus est pugillo aquas et caelos palmo ponderavitquis adpendit tribus digitis molem terrae et libravit inpondere montes et colles in statera

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quis adiuvit spiritum Domini aut quis consiliarius eiusfuit et ostendit illi

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cum quo iniit consilium et instruxit eum et docuit eumsemitam iustitiae et erudivit eum scientiam et viam prudentiaeostendit illi

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ecce gentes quasi stilla situlae et quasi momentumstaterae reputatae sunt ecce insulae quasi pulvis exiguus

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et Libanus non sufficiet ad succendendum et animalia eiusnon sufficient ad holocaustum

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omnes gentes quasi non sint sic sunt coram eo et quasinihilum et inane reputatae sunt ei

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cui ergo similem fecistis Deum aut quam imaginem ponetisei

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numquid sculptile conflavit faber aut aurifex aurofiguravit illud et lamminis argenteis argentarius

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forte lignum et inputribile elegit artifex sapiens quaeritquomodo statuat simulacrum quod non moveatur

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numquid non scietis numquid non audietis numquid nonadnuntiatum est ab initio vobis numquid non intellexistisfundamenta terrae

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qui sedet super gyrum terrae et habitatores eius suntquasi lucustae qui extendit velut nihilum caelos et expanditeos sicut tabernaculum ad inhabitandum

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qui dat secretorum scrutatores quasi non sint iudicesterrae velut inane fecit

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et quidem neque plantatos neque satos neque radicato interra trunco eorum repente flavit in eos et aruerunt et turboquasi stipulam auferet eos

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et cui adsimilastis me et adaequastis dicit Sanctus

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levate in excelsum oculos vestros et videte quis creavithaec qui educit in numero militiam eorum et omnes ex nominevocat prae multitudine fortitudinis et roboris virtutisque eiusneque unum reliquum fuit

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quare dicis Iacob et loqueris Israhel abscondita est viamea a Domino et a Deo meo iudicium meum transibit

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numquid nescis aut non audisti Deus sempiternus Dominusqui creavit terminos terrae non deficiet neque laborabit necest investigatio sapientiae eius

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qui dat lasso virtutem et his qui non sunt fortitudinem etrobur multiplicat

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deficient pueri et laborabunt et iuvenes in infirmitatecadent

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qui autem sperant in Domino mutabunt fortitudinem adsumentpinnas sicut aquilae current et non laborabunt ambulabunt etnon deficient

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Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

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Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.

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The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:

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And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

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The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

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The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

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The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

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O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

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Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

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He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

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Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

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Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

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With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?

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Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

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And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

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All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

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To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

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The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

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He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.

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Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

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It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

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That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

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Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

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To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

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Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

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Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

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Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

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He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

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Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

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But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

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