Isaiah 40:1
Give comfort, give comfort, to my people, says your God.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
In Context
Cross References
Nehemiah 8:10Then he said to them, Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is your strong place.
Psalms 85:8\85:7\Let us see your mercy, O Lord, and give us your salvation.
Isaiah 3:10Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.
Isaiah 35:3Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees.
Isaiah 41:27I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.
Isaiah 50:10Who among you has the fear of the Lord, giving ear to the voice of his servant who has been walking in the dark and has no light? Let him put his faith in the name of the Lord, looking to his God for support.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:1
At this chapter begins the latter part of the prophecy of this book, which is not only divided from the former by the historical chapters that come between, but seems to be distinguished from it in the scope and style of it. In the former part the name of the prophet was frequently prefixed to the particular sermons, besides the general title (as ch. ii. 1 ; vii. 3 ; xiii. 1 ); but this is all one continued discourse, and the prophet not so much as once named. That consisted of many burdens, many woes; this… Read the whole commentary →