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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.40.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Comfort, comfort my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.40.1"><span class="content">says your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.40.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">and proclaim to her</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">that her hard service has been completed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">that her sin has been paid for,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">that she has received from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">double for all her sins.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A voice of one calling:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="content">&#8220;In the wilderness prepare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="content">the way for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">40:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / &#8220;Prepare the way for the <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="content">make straight in the desert</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="content">a highway for our God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">40:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">make straight the paths of our God</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Every valley shall be raised up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"><span class="content">every mountain and hill made low;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"><span class="content">the rough ground shall become level,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"><span class="content">the rugged places a plain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.40.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be revealed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.40.5"><span class="content">and all people will see it together.</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.40.5"><span class="content">For the mouth of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.40.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.40.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.40.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A voice says, &#8220;Cry out.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.40.6"><span class="content">And I said, &#8220;What shall I cry?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.40.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.40.6"><span class="content">&#8220;All people are like grass,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.40.6"><span class="content">and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.40.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.40.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The grass withers and the flowers fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.40.7"><span class="content">because the breath of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> blows on them.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.40.7"><span class="content">Surely the people are grass.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.40.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.40.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The grass withers and the flowers fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.40.8"><span class="content">but the word of our God endures forever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.40.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.40.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You who bring good news to Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">go up on a high mountain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">You who bring good news to Jerusalem,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">40:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Zion, bringer of good news, / go up on a high mountain. / Jerusalem, bringer of good news</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">lift up your voice with a shout,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">lift it up, do not be afraid;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">say to the towns of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Here is your God!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">See, the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes with power,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"><span class="content">and he rules with a mighty arm.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"><span class="content">See, his reward is with him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"><span class="content">and his recompense accompanies him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.40.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He tends his flock like a shepherd:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.40.11"><span class="content">He gathers the lambs in his arms</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.40.11"><span class="content">and carries them close to his heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.40.11"><span class="content">he gently leads those that have young.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.40.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.40.11"></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">In the sixth month of Elizabeth&#8217;s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin&#8217;s name was Mary. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The angel went to her and said, &#8220;Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.1.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">But the angel said to her, &#8220;Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">and he will reign over Jacob&#8217;s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.1.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.1.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;How will this be,&#8221; Mary asked the angel, &#8220;since I am a virgin?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.1.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.1.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The angel answered, &#8220;The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:35 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">So the child to be born will be called holy,</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Son of God. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.1.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.1.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">For no word from God will ever fail.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.1.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.1.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am the Lord&#8217;s servant,&#8221; Mary answered. &#8220;May your word to me be fulfilled.&#8221; Then the angel left her.</span></span></div>
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