Isaiah 40:2

Comfort Hierusalem at the heart, and tell her, that her trauayle is at an ende, that her offence is pardoned, that she hath receaued at the Lordes hande sufficient correction for all her sinnes.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’S hand double for all her sins.

In Context

1Comfort my people [O ye prophetes] comfort my people, saith your God,

3A voyce crieth in wildernesse: Prepare the way of the Lorde, make strayght the path of our God in the desert.

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Cross References

Isaiah 14:3When the Lorde nowe shall bryng thee to rest from thy trauayle, feare, and harde bondage that thou wast laden withall:

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:2-3

Evangelical Predictions. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord 's hand double for all her sins. We have here the commission and instructions given, not to this prophet only, but, with him, to all the Lord's prophets, nay, and to all Christ's ministers, to proclaim comfort to God's people. 1. This did not only warrant, but enjoin, this… Read the whole commentary →

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