Isaiah 40:2
Speak, ye priests, to the heart of Jerusalem; comfort her, for her humiliation is accomplished, her sin is put away: for she has received of the Lord’s hand double the amount of her sins.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
1Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith God.
Cross References
Exodus 22:3And if the thing stolen be left and be in his hand alive, whether ox or sheep, he shall restore them twofold.
Job 42:10And the Lord prospered Job: 1 And when he prayed also for his friends, he forgave them their sin: 1 And the Lord gave Job twice as much, even the double of what he had before. 1
Psalms 85:3Pity me, O Lord: for to thee will I cry all the day. 1
Psalms 102:14For he knows our frame: 1 Remember that we are dust. 1
Song of Solomon 2:11For, behold, the winter is past, 1 The rain is gone, it has departed. 1
Isaiah 14:3And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow and vexation, and from thy hard servitude wherein thou didst serve them.
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 →