Isaiah 40:1
Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith Eloheichem. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
In Context
Cross References
Nehemiah 8:10Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the choice foods, and drink the sweet things, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is kadosh unto Adoneinu; neither be ye grieving; for the chedvah (joy) of Hashem is your strength.
Psalms 85:8Show us chasdecha (Thy chesed, kindness, steadfast love), Hashem, 1 and grant us Thy salvation. 1
Isaiah 3:10Say ye to the tzaddik, that it shall be tov with him; 1 for they shall eat the p'ri of their deeds. 1
Isaiah 35:3Make ye the weak hands chazak (strong), 1 and steady the birkayim (knees) koshlot (feeble ones [knees] that give way, i.e., of those of the Golus returning to G-d in Tziyon). 1
Isaiah 41:27The rishon shall say to Tziyon, Hinei, behold them; 1 and I will give to Yerushalayim mevaser (one that bringeth good news). 1
Isaiah 50:10Who among you that feareth Hashem, 1 that obeyeth the voice of His Eved, + 50:10 Moshiach 1 though he may have walked in chashekhim (darknesses), 1 with no gleam of light for himself, 1 let him trust B'Shem Hashem, 1 and lean upon Elohav. 1
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 →