Isaiah 40:1,Isaiah 40:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 40:1

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people - This is the exordium, or the general subject of this and the following chapters. The commencement is abrupt, as often happens in Isaiah and the other prophets. The scene where this vision is laid is in Babylon; the time near the close of the captivity. The topic, or main subject of the consolation, is stated in the following verse - that that captivity was about to end, and that brighter and happier days were to succeed their calamities and their exile. The... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 40:1-2

Isaiah 40:1-2. Comfort ye, &c. “The prophet, in the foregoing chapter, had delivered a very explicit declaration of the impending dissolution of the kingdom of Judah, and of the captivity of the royal house of David, and of the people, under the king of Babylon. As the subject of his subsequent prophecies was to be chiefly of the consolatory kind, he opens them with giving a promise of the restoration of the kingdom, and the return of the people from that captivity, by the merciful... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:1-11

40:1-48:22 RETURN FROM BABYLONBetween Chapters 39 and 40 there is a gap of about one hundred and fifty years. The scene suddenly changes from Jerusalem in the time of Hezekiah (701 BC) to the distant kingdom of Babylon where the Judeans are held captive. (For the background to the Babylonian captivity see introductory notes, ‘Captivity and return’.) From now on no distinction is made between the northern kingdom Israel and the southern kingdom Judah. The emphasis rather is on encouraging all... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 40:1

This chapter commences a new Prophecy (see App-82 ), and follows that in Isaiah 34:1-17 ; Isaiah 35:1-10 , after the historic episode of Isaiah 36:0 , Isaiah 38:0 . It will be seen that it forms an integral part of the prophet Isaiah's book, as this member forms a perfect Correspondence with (Isaiah 6:0 ), and cannot be wrenched from it without destroying the whole. Other evidences may be seen in App-79 and App-80 . Comfort ye. Note the Figure of speech Epizeuxis , for emphasis, and see... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 40:1

INTRODUCTION TO DIVISION VI (Isaiah 40-66)Our introduction to the whole prophecy is also applicable here; but due to the flood of critical comments to the effect that this division is utterly unlike Isaiah and that it comes from a different author who lived a century or more after Isaiah's times, we shall address the question again, hopeful that new light can be shed upon the alleged problem.It is our unwavering conviction that all of the prophecy in our version which is ascribed to Isaiah was... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 40:1-2

Isaiah 40:1-2. Comfort ye, &c.— These are the words of the prophet, relating what he saw, or what he heard, in this scene of the manifestation of the kingdom of God, with its signs and concomitants. He relates, that he heard the voice of Jehovah directed to certain ministers of his, commanding them to comfort his people on account of the approaching advent of the kingdom of God. This command is from the Father by the Holy Spirit, and it is directed to those teachers of the church, whose... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 40:1

1. Comfort ye, comfort ye—twice repeated to give double assurance. Having announced the coming captivity of the Jews in Babylon, God now desires His servants, the prophets (Isaiah 52:7), to comfort them. The scene is laid in Babylon; the time, near the close of the captivity; the ground of comfort is the speedy ending of the captivity, the Lord Himself being their leader. my people . . . your God—correlatives (Jeremiah 31:33; Hosea 1:9; Hosea 1:10). It is God's covenant relation with His... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 40:1

As chapter 1 began with a command (Isaiah 1:2), so does this second major part of Isaiah’s prophecy. In both places the Word of God is prominent, and in both places Israel is God’s people (Isaiah 1:3).The God of Israel commanded His mouthpieces, especially Isaiah, to comfort His covenant people. Forms of the Hebrew word translated "comfort" appear 13 times in chapters 40-66. One writer believed the comforters were the Jewish exiles in Mesopotamia who called out to the city of Jerusalem (v. 2):... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 40:1-2

God’s intention for Israel 40:1-2The first strophe of this poem (Isaiah 40:1-2) sets the tone for the rest of the chapter and for the rest of the book. It is an introduction to an introduction (cf. ch. 1). In spite of affliction that lay ahead for the Judahites, God’s ultimate purpose for them was life, not death-and salvation, not enslavement. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 40:1-11

The comforting Lord 40:1-11This first section of encouraging revelation stresses the comfort that God has planned for His people Israel. We can break it down into three strophes (sections). read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 40:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 40:1-2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:1-11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 40:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 40:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 40:1-2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 40:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 40:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 40:1-2

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 40:1-11

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