Isaiah 40:1
“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 85:8I will sh'ma ·hear obey· what God, Adonai, will speak, 2 for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; 2 but let them not turn again to folly. 1
Isaiah 3:10Tell the upright “Good!” 2 For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. 1
Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the weak hands, 2 and make firm the feeble knees. + 35:3. Quoted in Heb 12:12 1
Isaiah 41:27I am the first to say to Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking], ‘Behold, look at them;’ 2 and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem [City of peace]. 1
Isaiah 50:10+ 50:10. MP: Trusting in Yahweh God also means to trust in his Servant Messiah. (John 5:23, 14:1, 15:24, 17:3; 1 John 2:23) Who among you fears Adonai, 2 and sh'ma ·hears obeys· the voice of his servant? 1 + 50:10 b MP: Trusting in the servant sent brings light and direction from God. (John 11:9, 12:35-36, 12:46) He who walks in darkness, 2 and has no light, 1 let him trust in Adonai’s name, 2 and rely on his God. 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 →