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Thanksgiving in Times of Need

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New International Version

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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.40.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">With whom, then, will you compare God?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.40.18"><span class="content">To what image will you liken him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.40.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.40.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">As for an idol, a metalworker casts it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.40.19"><span class="content">and a goldsmith overlays it with gold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.40.19"><span class="content">and fashions silver chains for it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.40.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.40.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">A person too poor to present such an offering</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.40.20"><span class="content">selects wood that will not rot;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.40.20"><span class="content">they look for a skilled worker</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.40.20"><span class="content">to set up an idol that will not topple.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.40.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.40.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Do you not know?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.40.21"><span class="content">Have you not heard?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.40.21"><span class="content">Has it not been told you from the beginning?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.40.21"><span class="content">Have you not understood since the earth was founded?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.40.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.40.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.40.22"><span class="content">and its people are like grasshoppers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.40.22"><span class="content">He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.40.22"><span class="content">and spreads them out like a tent to live in.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.40.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.40.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He brings princes to naught</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.40.23"><span class="content">and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.40.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.40.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">No sooner are they planted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.40.24"><span class="content">no sooner are they sown,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.40.24"><span class="content">no sooner do they take root in the ground,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.40.24"><span class="content">than he blows on them and they wither,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.40.24"><span class="content">and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.40.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.40.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;To whom will you compare me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.40.25"><span class="content">Or who is my equal?&#8221; says the Holy One.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.40.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="content">Who created all these?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="content">He who brings out the starry host one by one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="content">and calls forth each of them by name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="content">Because of his great power and mighty strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="content">not one of them is missing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.40.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Why do you complain, Jacob?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.40.27"><span class="content">Why do you say, Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.40.27"><span class="content">&#8220;My way is hidden from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.40.27"><span class="content">my cause is disregarded by my God&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.40.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Do you not know?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="content">Have you not heard?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the everlasting God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="content">the Creator of the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="content">He will not grow tired or weary,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="content">and his understanding no one can fathom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.40.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He gives strength to the weary</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.40.29"><span class="content">and increases the power of the weak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.40.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.40.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Even youths grow tired and weary,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.40.30"><span class="content">and young men stumble and fall;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.40.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.40.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">but those who hope in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.40.31"><span class="content">will renew their strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.40.31"><span class="content">They will soar on wings like eagles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.40.31"><span class="content">they will run and not grow weary,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.40.31"><span class="content">they will walk and not be faint.</span></span></div>
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