Isaiah 40:1
Be comforted, be comforted, my people, saith your God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
In Context
Cross References
Nehemiah 8:10And he said to them: Go, eat fat meats, and drink sweet wine, and send portions to them that have not prepared for themselves: because it is the holy day of the Lord, and be not sad: for the joy of the Lord is our strength.
Psalms 85:8Shew us, O Lord, thy mercy; and grant us thy salvation.
Isaiah 3:10Say to the just man that it is well, for he shall eat the fruit of his doings.
Isaiah 35:3Strengthen ye the feeble hands, and confirm the weak knees.
Isaiah 41:27The first shall say to Sion: Behold they are here, and to Jerusalem I will give an evangelist.
Isaiah 50:10Who is there among you that feareth the Lord, that heareth the voice of his servant, that hath walked in darkness, and hath no light? let him hope in the name of the Lord, and lean upon his God.
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 →