Isaiah 40:2

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 40:1-5

COMFORT FOR THE SUFFERINGIsaiah 40:1-5. Comfort ye, &c.IT is generally agreed that these last twenty-six chapters relate to the restoration of the Jews from their captivity in Babylon. They are the Gospel of the Old Testament. This is their value to us.Put into the briefest words, the ideas contained in the first five verses of this chapter are—That a glorious change awaits the exiles, consisting of a new and generous manifestation of Jehovah’s presence, for which His people are exhorted to... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Isaiah 40:1-2

DISCOURSE: 920THE SCOPE AND TENDENCY OF THE GOSPELIsaiah 40:1-2. Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.THE ministerial office is fitly compared to that of a steward, who divides to every one his proper portion [Note: 2 Timothy 2:15.Luke 12:42; Luke 12:42.]. The execution of it calls for much wisdom and... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:1-31

Chapter 40But he's talking about a whole new message of God for the people as we get into the new covenant of God. And so it is appropriate that this new section of Isaiah begins with the word of the Lord declaring,Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all of her sins ( Isaiah 40:1-2 ).So the day of God's forgiveness,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 40:1-31

Isaiah 40:1 . Comfort ye, comfort ye my people. What a sweet voice is this to the church, after all her long afflictions. The words are doubled, to designate the fulness of comfort in the pardon of sin, testified by remission of punishment. Isaiah 40:2 . She hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. The later rabbins say here, that the Babylonian captivity, and the Roman dispersion, were the double punishment of Zion’s sins. The words are variously expounded. (1) ... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 40:2

Isaiah 40:2Speak ye comfortably to JerusalemVoices that speak to the heartThis is one characteristic of the voices that reach us from God: they speak home to the heart (R.., marg.). The phrase in the Hebrew is the ordinary expression for wooing, and describes the attitude of the suppliant lover endeavouring to woo a maiden’s heart. Love can detect love. I. THE VOICE OF FORGIVENESS. The first need of the soul is forgiveness. It can endure suffering; and if that suffering, like the Jewish exile,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 40:2

Isa 40:2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’S hand double for all her sins. Ver. 2. Speak ye comfortably. ] Speak to the heart, as Gen 34:3 Hosea 2:14 . Cheer her up, speak to her with utmost earnestness, that your words may work upon her and stick-by her; do it solidly, not frigidly. That her warfare is accomplished. ] Militiam, not malitiam, as the Vulgate hath it; the... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 40:2

comfortably: Heb. to the heart, Genesis 34:3, 2 Chronicles 30:22, Hosea 2:14, *marg. warfare: or, appointed time, Psalms 102:13-Hosea :, Song of Solomon 2:11-1 Chronicles :, Jeremiah 29:11, Daniel 9:2, Daniel 9:24-:, Daniel 11:35, Daniel 12:4, Daniel 12:9, Habakkuk 2:3, Acts 1:7, Galatians 4:4, Revelation 6:10, Revelation 6:11, Revelation 11:15-Job : that her iniquity: Isaiah 12:1, Isaiah 33:24, Isaiah 43:25, Isaiah 44:22, Isaiah 61:7, Psalms 32:1, Jeremiah 31:33, Jeremiah 31:34, Jeremiah... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 40:2

Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.Warfare — The time of her captivity, and misery.Double — Not twice as much as her sins deserved, 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

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 40:2

2. Speak… comfortably That is, carry the message in the tenderest way to the very heart. This is a thrice-told charge, rendering the meaning still more intense. Jerusalem Another name for God’s beloved Zion or people. Wherever they are the prophet is to give them cheer. Officially sent of God, he has declared that her warfare ( צבא , tsaba,) or the allotted time of her captivity is accomplished. Here it is service and hardship implied in exile, of which God’s people have a double... read more