Isaiah 40:2

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:2

Evil. Hebrew and some Latin copies have, "warfare." --- Double. A rigorous chastisement, Apocalypse xviii. 6. (Calmet) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 40:1-11

1-11 All human life is a warfare; the Christian life is the most so; but the struggle will not last always. Troubles are removed in love, when sin is pardoned. In the great atonement of the death of Christ, the mercy of God is exercised to the glory of his justice. In Christ, and his sufferings, true penitents receive of the Lord's hand double for all their sins; for the satisfaction Christ made by his death was of infinite value. The prophet had some reference to the return of the Jews from... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 40:1-11

The Word of Comfort and the God of Comfort. The last part of the book of the prophet Isaiah has fitly been called the Book of Comfort, for in its beautiful language and in its exalted visions the Gospel of salvation is so clearly taught that it often seems as though John himself were speaking. The preacher and the prophet are combined in the message brought out by Isaiah to such an extent as to make us feel that voices from the world beyond are singing a glorious hymn of praise. The Gospel... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 40:1-31

I.—THE FIRST DISCOURSEThe Prologue: the Objective and Subjective basis of RedemptionIsaiah 40:01. THE PROLOGUE OF THE SECOND PART AND OF THE FIRST DISCOURSEIsaiah 40:1-111 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people,Saith your God.2 Speak ye 2comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her,That her 3warfare is accomplished,That 4her iniquity is pardoned:5For she hath received of the Lord’s handDouble for all her sins.3 The voice of him that crieth 6in the wilderness,Prepare ye the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 40:1-8

the Cry of Jehovah’s Herald Isaiah 40:1-8 Voices are ever speaking to us from the infinite; let us heed them. (1.) There is the voice of forgiveness , Isaiah 40:2 . Are you truly penitent? Have you put away your sin? Have you meekly accepted the chastening rod? Then be of good cheer, this promise is for you. The time of hard service as a conscript (the literal rendering) is accomplished, your iniquity is pardoned, you have received double for all your sins. God speaks comfortably to your... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 40:1-31

We now commence the prophecies of peace, which also fall into three divisions, dealing in turn with the purpose of peace (40-48), the Prince of Peace (49-57), the program of peace (58-66). The fist eleven verses of chapter forty constitute a prologue to the whole Book. This prologue opens with a declaration which indicates the burden of all that is to follow. "Comfort ye, comfort ye My people." It then describes the making of a highway for God along which He will move toward the ultimate... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Isaiah 40:1-11

The Deity of Christ in Isaiah Isaiah 40:1-11 , Isaiah 40:25-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We suggest a threefold vision of the Deity of Christ as an introduction to the sermon proper. 1. The Deity of Christ as seen in the Gospels. The Gospels abound in proofs that Jesus Christ was God. John tells us, in the Spirit, that Christ was the Word, and that the Word was God, and that the Word was made flesh. The angels announced to the shepherds that the One born in Bethlehem was Christ the Lord. John the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 40:1-8

The Preparing of the Way (Isaiah 40:1-8 ). The humiliation of Assyria has, in Isaiah’s eyes, opened up a new opportunity for the future for Judah/Israel. Yahweh has delivered His people, and awaits their response. Isaiah 40:1-2 ‘Comfort, comfort my people, Says your God, Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, And cry to her, That her warfare is accomplished, That her iniquity is pardoned, That she has received of the hand of Yahweh, Double for all her sins.’ These are the words of the great Judge... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 40:1-11

Isaiah 40:1-1 Kings : . Prologue Announcing the End of the Exile.— If. The prophet sees in the triumphs of Cyrus the coming fall of Babylon’ s empire, and a revolution in the fortunes of the exiles. These are God’ s voice bidding the prophet and all who hear it encourage His people. Let them speak tenderly to Jerusalem ( i.e. the nation, not the city). Her forced service is completed, her punishment has been more than adequate to her offence. Isaiah 40:3-Deuteronomy : . Rapt from earth, the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 40:2

Cry unto her; proclaim it in my name. Her warfare; the time of her servitude, and captivity, and misery. Her iniquity is pardoned; I am reconciled to her; I will not impute sin to her, to punish her any longer for it. Double for all her sins; not twice as much as her sins deserved, for she herself confessed the contrary, Ezra 9:13; Lamentations 3:22; but abundantly enough to answer God’s design in this chastisement, which was to humble and reform them, and to warn others by their example.... read more