Isaiah 40:1

"Comfort, comfort my people," says your God.

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In The King James Version

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

In Context

2"Speak tenderly to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins."

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Cross References

Nehemiah 8:10Then he said to them, "Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved; for the joy of the Lord is your strength."

Psalms 85:8I will hear what God, the Lord, will speak,for he will speak peace to his people, his holy ones;but let them not turn again to folly.

Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous "Good!"For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the weak hands,and make firm the feeble knees.

Isaiah 41:27I am the first to say to Zion, 'Behold, look at them;'and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.

Isaiah 50:10Who is among you who fears the Lord, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of the Lord, and rely on his God.

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 →

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