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Podcast: John’s iPad reads The Bible
Episode: Isaiah 40 God strengthens the powerless: Those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; run and not become weary, walk and not faint
Description: COMFORT FOR GOD'S PEOPLE (0:24) (1:09) "Comfort, comfort my people," says your God. "Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and announce to her that her time of forced labor is over, her iniquity has been pardoned, and she has received from the LORD's hand double for all her sins." (1:46)Â A voice of one crying out: Prepare the way of the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert. Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be leveled; the uneven ground will become smooth and the rough places, a plain. (2:28) And the glory o...