Isaiah 40:1

Translations

Modern

“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.

Traditional

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

Literal

“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.

Latin

Consolamini, consolamini, popule meus, dicit Deus vester.

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Hebrew

English

“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.

Notes

Isaiah 40:1–66:24

The rest of Isaiah offers a message of comfort and reveals God's character and his plans for Israel. As Isaiah 39:6–7 predicted, Judah would face judgment and exile after Isaiah's time. Throughout Isaiah 40–66, Isaiah prophesied as if the exile in Babylon had already occurred. Thus, the Babylonian exile is the context for understanding these chapters.

Isaiah 40:1–55:13

This section shares the good news of God's coming salvation. The Lord will support his people and judge His enemies. Salvation will occur through the arrival, suffering, and exaltation of the Lord's servant, the Messiah, Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 40:1–31

This chapter introduces chapters 40–66. In this section, comfort means the result of God's merciful actions toward people in the future. It includes encouragement, strength, and acceptance.

God wants to rescue his people (Isaiah 40:1–11) and is fully capable of doing so (40:12–26). The exiles needed to trust God's promises and wait for their rescue (Isaiah 40:27–31; see also 30:15–18).

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Isaiah God’s Faithfulness to His People God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah The New Order

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…who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
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Isaiah 51:3
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Zechariah 1:13
So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.
Jeremiah 31:10–14
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1 Thessalonians 4:18
Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Isaiah 49:13–16
Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
Isaiah 66:10–14
Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,
Isaiah 60:1–61:3
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Isaiah 12:1
In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.

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