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A Divine Command to Comfort
Commentators agree that this verse marks a major turning point. God issues an emphatic, repeated command to his messengers (prophets or ministers) to bring a message of profound comfort. This signifies a shift from judgment to restoration, showing God's intense desire to console His people after a period of hardship, specifically the Babylonian exile.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 40:1
18th Century
Theologian
Comfort you, comfort you my people - This is the introduction, or the general subject of this and the following chapters. The begin…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 40:1
19th Century
Bishop
Comfort ye ... —I start with the assumption that the great prophetic poem that follows is the work of Isaiah himself, ref…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 40:1–2
19th Century
Preacher
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem.
The loss of comfort is no small loss. God would…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 40:1
16th Century
Theologian
Comfort ye. The Prophet introduces a new subject. For, leaving the people on whom no favorable impression was made either by threats or by…
John Gill
On Isaiah 40:1
17th Century
Pastor
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
The Babylonish captivity being predicted in the preceding chapte…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 40:1–11
17th Century
Minister
All human life is a warfare; the Christian life is the most so; but the struggle will not last always. Troubles are removed in love, when sin is pa…