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Isaiah 40

Isa. 40:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Comfort
nacham (Hebrew #5162)
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
KJV usage: comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
Pronounce: naw-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
q ye, comfort
nacham (Hebrew #5162)
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
KJV usage: comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
Pronounce: naw-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
ye my people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
, saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
your God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
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Heb. 6:17‑18• 17Wherein God willing to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his counsel,
 18intervened by an oath, that by two unchangeable things in which [it was] impossible that God should lie we might have strong encouragement that fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us, (Heb. 6:17‑18)

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1-2:  The promulgation of the Gospel.
3-8:  The preaching of John Baptist.
9-11:  The preaching of the apostles.
12-17:  The prophet, by the omnipotency of God,
18-25:  and his incomparableness,
26-31:  comforts the people.
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Isa. 3:10• 10Say ye of the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. (Isa. 3:10)
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Isa. 35:3‑4• 3Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the tottering knees.
 4Say to them [that are] of a fearful (hasty) heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God! vengeance will come, of God the recompense! He will come himself and save you. (Isa. 35:3‑4)
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Isa. 41:10‑14,27• 10Fear not, for I [am] with thee; be not dismayed, for I [am] thy God. I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
 11Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
 12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them,—them that contend with thee. They that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
 13For I Jehovah thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
 14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye few men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
 27The first [I say] to Zion, Behold, behold them; and to Jerusalem I will give one that bringeth good tidings. (Isa. 41:10‑14,27)
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Isa. 49:13‑16• 13Shout, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains. For Jehovah hath comforted his people and will have mercy on his afflicted ones.
 14But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.
 15Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
 16Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of [my] hands: thy walls [are] continually before me. (Isa. 49:13‑16)
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Isa. 50:10• 10Who [is] among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh [in] darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and stay upon his God. (Isa. 50:10)
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Isa. 51:3,12• 3For Jehovah will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah: joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.
 12I, I, [am] he that comforteth you: who [art] thou, that thou art afraid of weak man [that] shall die, and of the son of man [that] shall be made [as] grass; (Isa. 51:3,12)
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Isa. 57:15‑19• 15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy, I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
 16For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made.
 17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
 18I have seen his ways and will heal him; and I will lead him, and will restore comforts to him and to those of his that mourn.
 19I create the fruit of the lips: peace, peace, to [him that is] afar off and to [him that is] near, saith Jehovah, and I will heal him. (Isa. 57:15‑19)
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Isa. 60:1‑22• 1Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.
 2For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples: but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
 3And nations shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising.
 4Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons come from far, and thy daughters are nursed upon the side.
 5Then thou shalt see and be brightened, and thy heart shall throb and be enlarged; for the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.
 6A multitude of camels shall cover thee, dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense, and they shall show forth the praises of Jehovah.
 7All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall serve thee; they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will beautify the house of my magnificence.
 8Who [are] these [that] fly as a cloud, and as doves to their dovecotes?
 9Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of Jehovah thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.
 10And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
 11Therefore thy gates shall be open continually (they shall not be shut day nor night); that [men] may bring unto thee the wealth of the nations, and [that] their kings [may be] brought.
 12For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, [those] nations shall be utterly wasted.
 13The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the cypress, the pine, and the box-tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
 14The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of Jehovah, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
 15Instead of thy being forsaken and hated, so that no man went through [thee], I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
 16Thou shalt also suck the milk of the nations, and shalt suck the breast of kings; and thou shalt know that I Jehovah [am] thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
 17For bronze I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood bronze, and for stones iron; I will also make thine officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
 18Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
 19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but Jehovah shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
 20Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for Jehovah shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
 21Thy people also [shall be] all righteous: they shall possess the land forever—the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
 22The little one shall become a thousand, and the smallest a strong nation: I Jehovah will hasten it in its time. (Isa. 60:1‑22)
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Isa. 61:1‑3• 1The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah [is] upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek. He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and opening of the prison to the bound;
 2to proclaim the acceptable year of Jehovah, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
 3to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, that beauty be given them instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he might be glorified. (Isa. 61:1‑3)
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Isa. 62:11‑12• 11Behold, Jehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward [is] with him, and his recompense before him.
 12And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of Jehovah: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken. (Isa. 62:11‑12)
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Isa. 65:13‑14• 13Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed;
 14behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. (Isa. 65:13‑14)
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Isa. 66:10‑14• 10Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her; rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn over her;
 11because ye shall suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; because ye shall drink out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
 12For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like a flowing stream; and ye shall suck, ye shall be borne upon the side, and be dandled upon the knees.
 13As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
 14And ye shall see [this], and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the grass: and the hand of Jehovah shall be known toward his servants, and indignation toward his enemies. (Isa. 66:10‑14)
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Neh. 8:10• 10And he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared; for the day is holy to our Lord; and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength. (Neh. 8:10)
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Psa. 85:8• 8I will hear what God (El) Jehovah will speak;{HR}For he will speak peace to his people and to his saints;{HR}But let them not turn again to folly. (Psa. 85:8)
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Jer. 31:10‑14• 10Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
 11For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
 12Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of Jehovah, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
 13Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
 14And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 31:10‑14)
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Zeph. 3:14‑17• 14Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem:
 15Jehovah hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even Jehovah, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil anymore.
 16In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
 17Jehovah thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. (Zeph. 3:14‑17)
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Zech. 1:13• 13And Jehovah answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words. (Zech. 1:13)
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Zech. 9:9• 9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. (Zech. 9:9)
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2 Cor. 1:4• 4that comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those that are in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God, (2 Cor. 1:4)
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1 Thess. 4:18• 18So then encourage one another with these words. (1 Thess. 4:18)
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Heb. 6:17‑18• 17Wherein God willing to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his counsel,
 18intervened by an oath, that by two unchangeable things in which [it was] impossible that God should lie we might have strong encouragement that fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us, (Heb. 6:17‑18)
• In the earlier portion chapters 1-35 the main theme has been the sinful state of both Israel and the surrounding nations, and God’s judgments upon them all, though relieved by happy references to Messiah’s kingdom and glory, as in chapters 9, 11, 28, 32. Now, though God’s controversy with Israel still continues, both as to their idolatry and their rejection of their Messiah, it is His advent, both in suffering and in glory, that is the main theme. (“Isaiah 40” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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