Isaiah 40:2
“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
Cross References
Exodus 22:3But if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.
Job 42:10After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
Psalms 85:3You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.
Psalms 102:14For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.
Song of Solomon 2:11For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
Isaiah 14:3On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,
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 →