Isaiah 40:9

O Mevaseret Tziyon (O Herald, Preacher of Besorah [Good News, Gospel] Tziyon, O Lady Evangelist Tziyon), 1 get thee up into the har gavo'ah (high mountain); 1 O Mevaseret Yerushalayim (O Herald, Preacher of Besorah [Good News, Gospel] Yerushalayim, O Lady Evangelist Yerushalayim), 1 lift up thy voice with ko'ach; 1 lift it up, be not afraid; 1 say unto the towns of Yehudah, Hinei Eloheichem! 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

In Context

8The khatzir withereth, 1 the tzitz falleth; 1 but the Devar Eloheinu shall stand forever. 1

10Hinei, Adonoi Hashem will come with chazak, 1 and His zero'a + 40:10 Moshiach, see Isa 53:1 shall rule for Him; 1 hinei, His sachar (reward) is with Him, 1 and His pe'ullah (work, recompense, retribution, penal reward [for His enemies]) before Him. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 26:13Then Dovid went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the har afar off; a great space being between them;

Ezra 1:1Now in the first year + 1:1 539 B.C.E. of Koresh Melech Paras (Persia), that the Devar Hashem by the mouth of Yirmeyah might be fulfilled, Hashem stirred up the ruach of Koresh Melech Paras (Persia), so that he made a proclamation throughout all his Malchut, and put it also in writing, saying,

Isaiah 25:9And it shall be said in Yom HaHu, 1 Hinei, this is Eloheinu; 1 we have waited for Him, and He will save us; 1 this is Hashem; we have waited for Him, 1 we will be glad and have simcha in His Yeshu'ah (Salvation). 1

Isaiah 35:4Say to them that are of a fearful lev, 1 Be strong, fear not; 1 hinei, Eloheichem (your G-d) will come with nakam (vengeance), 1 with Elohim gemul (divine retribution) 1 He will come and save you. 1

Isaiah 51:7Pay heed unto Me, ye that know tzedek, 1 Am torati velibam (the People with My torah in their heart); 1 fear ye not the cherpat enosh (the reproach, reviling of man) 1 neither be ye afraid of their giddufot (insults, scorn). 1

Isaiah 52:6Therefore My people shall know Shemi; therefore they shall know in Yom Hahu that I am He that doth speak; hineni, (behold, it is I). 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:4-9

Evangelical Predictions. ( b. c. 708.) 3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord , make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: 5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is… Read the whole commentary →

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