Isaiah 40:9
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“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!”
בָּשַׂר
To proclaim good news, to bring good tidings. Basar. How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news. Every Christian is a carrier of good news.
קוֹל
voice/ your
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קוֹל
Voice, sound, thunder. Qowl. A voice of one calling in the desert. God speaks in many ways. The voice that matters most is the one that points to Jesus.
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רוּם
lift it up
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רוּם
To be high, to be exalted, to rise. Ruwm. I dwell on a high and holy place but also with the contrite. God is both transcendent and intimately near.
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הִנֵּה
here!
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הִנֵּה
Behold, look, see. Hinneh. The word used to get attention. Behold I stand at the door and knock. God is always trying to get our attention.
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עָלָה
go up
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עָלָה
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
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יָרֵא
you be afraid
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יָרֵא
To fear, to revere, to be in awe of. Yare. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. Not terror but holy awe of who He truly is.
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יְהוּדָה
Judah
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יְהוּדָה
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
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הַר
a mountain
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הַר
A mountain. Har. The mountain of the LORD. His holy mountain. God meets His people on mountains.
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צִיּוֹן
Zion
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צִיּוֹן
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerusalem
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
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גָּבֹהַּ
high
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גָּבֹהַּ
elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
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