John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 40:2
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her ,.... Or, "speak to or according to the heart of Jerusalem F8 דברו על לב , λαλησατε εις την καρδιαν Sept. "loquimini ad cor", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Vitringa; "secundum cor", Calvin. "; to her very heart, what will be a cordial to her, very acceptable, grateful, and comfortable; and let it be proclaimed aloud, that she may hear and understand it. By "Jerusalem" is meant the Gospel church, and the true members of... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 40:1-2
We have here the commission and instructions given, not to this prophet only, but, with him, to all the Lord's prophets, nay, and to all Christ's ministers, to proclaim comfort to God's people. 1. This did not only warrant, but enjoin, this prophet himself to encourage the good people who lived in his own time, who could not but have very melancholy apprehensions of things when they saw Judah and Jerusalem by their daring impieties ripening apace for ruin, and God in his providence hastening... read more