Isaiah 40:2
Speak ye encouragement to Jerusalem, and declare to her, That her hard service is ended; That her iniquity is expiated; That she hath received from the hand of Jehovah Double for all her sins.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, Saith your God.
Cross References
Job 42:10And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends, and Jehovah gave him twice as much as he had before.
Psalms 85:3Thou didst take away all thy displeasure, And abate the fierceness of thy wrath.
Psalms 102:14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones; Yea, they have a regard for her dust.
Song of Solomon 2:11For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone;
Isaiah 14:3So when Jehovah shall have given thee rest From thy sorrow and thy distress, And from the hard bondage Which was laid upon thee,
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 →