Isaiah 40:9

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 40:9

O Zion, that bringest good tidings; O Zion, to whom the glad tidings of the coming of Christ into the world, and of the salvation of mankind by him, were first published by Christ and his apostles, and by whom they were published to all nations. But the words are otherwise rendered in the margin, and by others, O thou (whosoever thou art, prophet or apostle) that bringest good tidings to Zion. So Zion is not the deliverer, but the receiver, of these good tidings, as she is in the parallel... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 40:9

THE PREACHER’S TASK(Ordination or Missionary Sermon.)Isaiah 40:9. O Zion, that bringest good tidings! &c.This chapter commences the second part of Isaiah’s prophecies, in which the local and national is less prominent than in the former, and the visions are carried forward to the time of Messiah. The prophet hears voices, each of which contains a message of consolation. The first bids him announce the coming of the King and command the preparation of His way; the second affirms the... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Isaiah 40:9

DISCOURSE: 922THE MESSIAH’S ADVENTIsaiah 40:9. Say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God.THE Gospel with all its sublime mysteries is regarded by the generality with coldness and indifference; whereas the most indistinct prospects of it were sufficient to fill the patriarchs and prophets with holy rapture. It was a view of its Divine Author which drew forth from the prophet this animated exhortation. He saw Jesus as it were already incarnate, and called upon the daughters of Zion 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 40:9

Isaiah 40:9O Zion, that bringest good tidingsThe tidings the Church has to publishThe text has been variously rendered.The best authorities give it, “Thou that bringest good tidings to Zion,” which rendering better agrees with the latter part of the verse, with some parallel passages, and with the scope of the passage. Our translators took Zion and Jerusalem in the nominative case, and so did others before them, as if the prophet called on the chief city to acquaint the other cities of Judah... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 40:9

Isa 40:9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift [it] up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! Ver. 9. Oh Zion, that bringest good tidings. ] That evangelist. The gospel is the sum of all the good news in the world. Christ’s incarnation ( bisher, the word here used, cometh of bashar, which signifieth flesh ), was "glad tidings of great joy to all people."... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 40:9

O Zion, that bringest good tidings: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, Isaiah 41:27, Isaiah 52:7, Ezra 1:1, Ezra 1:2, Luke 24:47, Romans 10:18 get: Judges 9:7, 1 Samuel 26:13, 1 Samuel 26:14, 2 Chronicles 13:4 O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem lift up: Isaiah 52:8, Isaiah 58:4, Jeremiah 22:20, Acts 2:14 be not: Isaiah 35:3, Isaiah 35:4, Isaiah 51:7, Isaiah 51:12, Acts 4:13, Acts 4:29, Acts 5:41, Acts 5:42, Ephesians 6:19,... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 40:9

O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!Zion — Zion or Jerusalem is the publisher, and the cities of Judah the hearers.Get up — That thy voice may be better heard.Afraid — Lest thou shouldest be found a false prophet.Say — To all my people in the several places of their abode.Behold — Take notice of this wonderful... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 40:9

9. O Zion The English Version makes Zion the announcer of the message; in the margin, (backed by nearly all commentators,) Zion is the receiver of it. So the order is in the Hebrew, and so in the Septuagint. That bringest Rather, thou that receivest. Good tidings To Zion, to Jerusalem. The one speaking is the “voice,” perhaps in the person of the prophet hitherto proclaiming comfort to exiled ones, now uttering good news to a voice from the high mountain an ideal elevation between... read more