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." Luk 2:10

Get thee up into the high mountain. ] Zion was itself a high mountain, yet is bidden to ascend into a higher, for the better promulgation of the gospel.

Lift it up, be not afraid, ] viz., For persecution, which is evangelii genius, the evil angel that doggeth the gospel at the heels, as Calvin wrote to the French king.

Behold your God. ] Behold the Messiah, who hath been so long expected, is now exhibited.