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---- Isaiah 40:1 ---- written 740-680 B.C. Pre-Exilic----
Isaiah 40:1 ¶ Whakamarietia, whakamarietia taku iwi, e ai ta to koutou Atua.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:1 "Comfort, O comfort My people," says your God.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:2----
Isaiah 40:2 Korero i runga i te whakamarie ki Hiruharama, karanga ki a ia, kua mutu tana whawhai, kua murua tona he: i haere rua hoki ta te ringa o Ihowa ki a ia hei utu mo ona hara katoa.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:2 "Speak kindly to Jerusalem; And call out to her, that her warfare has ended, That her iniquity has been removed, That she has received of the Lord's hand Double for all her sins."(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:3----
Isaiah 40:3 ¶ He reo no tetahi e karanga ana, Whakapaia e koutou i te koraha te huarahi o Ihowa, whakatikaia i te titiohea he ara nui mo to tatou Atua.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:3 A voice is calling, "Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:4----
Isaiah 40:4 Ko nga raorao katoa ka whakarewaina ake, ko nga maunga katoa me nga pukepuke, ka whakapapakutia iho: ko nga wahi kopikopiko ka meinga kia tika, ko nga wahi taratara kia papatairite.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:4 "Let every valley be lifted up, And every mountain and hill be made low; And let the rough ground become a plain, And the rugged terrain a broad valley;(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:5----
Isaiah 40:5 Ka whakapuakina ano te kororia o Ihowa, a ka kite ngatahi nga kikokiko katoa: he mea korero hoki tenei na te mangai o Ihowa.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:5 Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, And all flesh will see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken."(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:6----
Isaiah 40:6 I mea mai te reo o tetahi, Karanga. A ka mea tetahi, Ko te aha kia karangatia e ahau? He tarutaru nga kikokiko katoa, a ko tona pai katoa, rite tonu ki te puawai o te parae.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:6 A voice says, "Call out." Then he answered, "What shall I call out?" All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:7----
Isaiah 40:7 Ko te tarutaru ka maroke, ko te puawai ka memenga, no te mea e hangia ana e te wairua o Ihowa: he pono, he tarutaru te iwi.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:7 The grass withers, the flower fades, When the breath of the Lord blows upon it; Surely the people are grass.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:8----
Isaiah 40:8 Ko te tarutaru e maroke, ko te puawai e memenge; ko te kupu ia a to tatou Atua, tu tonu.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:9----
Isaiah 40:9 ¶ E koe, e te kaikawe o te rongo pai ki Hiona, e piki ki te maunga tiketike; e koe, e te kaikawe o te rongo pai ki Hiruharama, whakaarahia tou reo, kia kaha; whakaarahia, kaua hei wehi; korero atu ki nga pa o Hura, Nana, to koutou Atua!(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:9 Get yourself up on a high mountain, O Zion, bearer of good news, Lift up your voice mightily, O Jerusalem, bearer of good news; Lift it up, do not fear. Say to the cities of Judah, "Here is your God!"(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:10----
Isaiah 40:10 Nana, ka haere mai te Ariki, a Ihowa, i runga i te kaha, ka whakahaerea ano tona kingitanga e tona ringa: na, ko te utu mona kei a ia ano, kei tona aroaro te wahi mana.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:10 Behold, the Lord God will come with might, With His arm ruling for Him. Behold, His reward is with Him And His recompense before Him.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:11----
Isaiah 40:11 Ka rite ki ta te hepara tana whangai i tana kahui, ka whakaminea nga reme e tona ringa, ka hikitia ki tona uma, ka ata arahina nga mea e whakangote ana.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:11 Like a shepherd He will tend His flock, In His arm He will gather the lambs And carry them in His bosom; He will gently lead the nursing ewes.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:12----
Isaiah 40:12 ¶ Na wai i mehua nga wai ki te kapu o tona ringa, he whanganga ringaringa ano tana ruri mo nga rangi, whaowhina ake e ia te puehu o te whenua ki te mehua, ko nga maunga, paunatia ana e ia, ki te pauna ringaringa, ko nga pukepuke ki te pauna papa?(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off the heavens by the span, And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance And the hills in a pair of scales?(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:13----
Isaiah 40:13 Na wai ta te wairua o Ihowa i tika ai? ko wai ranei tana kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro hei whakaako i a ia?(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:13 Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, Or as His counselor has informed Him?(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:14----
Isaiah 40:14 Ko wai tona hoa whakatakoto whakaaro hei tohutohu i a ia ki te ara o te whakawa, hei whakaako i a ia ki te matauranga, hei whakakite i te ara o te mohio ki a ia?(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:14 With whom did He consult and who gave Him understanding? And who taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge And informed Him of the way of understanding?(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:15----
Isaiah 40:15 Nana, ko nga iwi, ano he pata wai i roto i te peere! ki ta te whakaaro he puehu ririki ratou i te pauna; nana, ko nga motu, maua ake e ia, he mea ririki rawa te rite.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:15 Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, And are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales; Behold, He lifts up the islands like fine dust.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:16----
Isaiah 40:16 E kore ano e ranea a Repanona mo te ahi, me nga kararehe hoki o reira, e kore e ranea hei tahunga tinana.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:16 Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, Nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:17----
Isaiah 40:17 Ko nga iwi katoa, he kore noa iho i tona aroaro; iti iho ratou i te kahore, he horihori kau i tona whakaaro.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:17 All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:18----
Isaiah 40:18 ¶ Na ka whakaritea e koutou te Atua ki a wai? he aha hoki te ahua e whakaahuatia ai ia e koutou?(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:18 To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare with Him?(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:19----
Isaiah 40:19 Ko te whakapakoko, na te kaimahi ia i whakarewa, na te kaitahu i whakakikorua ki te koura, a hanga ana mo reira he mekameka hiriwa.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:19 As for the idol, a craftsman casts it, A goldsmith plates it with gold, And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:20----
Isaiah 40:20 Ko te tangata, he rawakore rawa ia ki te hoatu whakahere pera, whiriwhiria ana e ia he rakau e kore e pirau; rapua ana e ia he kaimahi mohio mana, hei hanga i tetahi whakapakoko e kore e nekenekehia.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering Selects a tree that does not rot; He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman To prepare an idol that will not totter.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:21----
Isaiah 40:21 Kahore ianei koutou i mohio? kahore koutou i rongo? kahore ianei i korerotia ki a koutou i te timatanga? kahore ianei koutou i matau i nga whakaturanga ra ano o te whenua?(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:22----
Isaiah 40:22 Ko ia te noho ana i runga i te porohita o te whenua, a ko o reira tangata, ano he mawhitiwhiti; ko nga rangi, horahia ana e ia ano he kakahu tauarai, horahia ana e ia ano he teneti hei nohoanga;(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:22 It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:23----
Isaiah 40:23 Ko nga rangatira, whakahokia iho e ia ki te kahore; ko nga kaiwhakawa o te whenua, meinga ana e ia hei mea horihori noa iho.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:23 He it is who reduces rulers to nothing, Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:24----
Isaiah 40:24 Ae ra, kahore ratou i whakatokia; ae ra, kahore ratou i ruia; ae ra, kahore to ratou take i whai pakiaka ki te whenua: ka pupuhi hoki ia ki a ratou, a ka maroke ratou; ka rite ki te kakau witi, ka kawhakina e te paroro.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:24 Scarcely have they been planted, Scarcely have they been sown, Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth, But He merely blows on them, and they wither, And the storm carries them away like stubble.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:25----
Isaiah 40:25 Na ki ta koutou, kei to wai he ahua moku? ka rite ranei ahau ki a wai? e ai ta te Mea Tapu.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:25 "To whom then will you liken Me That I would be his equal?" says the Holy One.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:26----
Isaiah 40:26 E ara o koutou kanohi ki runga titiro ai, na wai enei mea i hanga, na wai o ratou mano i whakaputa mai he mea tatau tonu: karangatia ana e ia nga ingoa o ratou katoa, maroro rawa, pakari tonu te kaha; e kore tetahi e ngaro.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high And see who has created these stars, The One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power, Not one of them is missing.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:27----
Isaiah 40:27 ¶ He aha koe i korero ai, e Hakopa, i mea ai, e Iharaira, Kua huna toku ara ki a Ihowa, kua mahue i toku Atua toku whakawa?(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel, "My way is hidden from the Lord, And the justice due me escapes the notice of my God"?(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:28----
Isaiah 40:28 Kahore koe i mohio? kahore koe i rongo, ko te Atua onamata, ko Ihowa, ko te Kaihanga o nga pito o te whenua, e kore ia e ngenge, e kore ia e mauiui? e kore tona matauranga e taea te rapu.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:29----
Isaiah 40:29 E homai ana e ia he kaha ki te hunga ngenge: a whakanuia ana e ia te pakari o te mea ngoikore.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:29 He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks might He increases power.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:30----
Isaiah 40:30 Ahakoa ko nga taitamariki, ka ngenge tonu, ka mauiui, a ko nga taitama, ka hinga rawa.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:30 Though youths grow weary and tired, And vigorous young men stumble badly,(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 40:31----
Isaiah 40:31 Tena ko te hunga e tatari ana ki a Ihowa, puta hou ana he kaha mo ratou; kake ana ratou ki runga; ko nga parirau, koia ano kei o nga ekara; ka rere ratou, a e kore e mauiui; ka haere, a e kore e ngenge.(Maori-NZ)
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Isa 40:31 Yet those who wait for the Lord Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.(NASB-1995)

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---- Isaiah 41:1 ---- written 740-680 B.C. Pre-Exilic----


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