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An End to the 'Warfare'
Commentators explain that the term 'warfare' refers to a period of intense trial, like a soldier's hard enlistment. The primary context is the Babylonian exile, a time of national suffering for Israel's sins. The comforting message is that this difficult season has reached its divinely appointed end, and God is declaring the time of chastisement complete.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 40:2
18th Century
Theologian
Speak you comfortably - Hebrew, על־לב (‛al-lēb), as in the margin, ‘To the heart.’ The heart is the seat of the affections…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 40:2
19th Century
Bishop
Speak you comfortably ... —Literally, Speak you to the heart. The command is addressed to the prophets whom Isai…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 40:2
19th Century
Preacher
And cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished,
After all, beloved, you do not have to fight your own battles. Under one aspect…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 40:2
16th Century
Theologian
Speak ye according to the heart of Jerusalem. Here God commands His servants the prophets, and lays down the message that He wants them to…
John Gill
On Isaiah 40:2
17th Century
Pastor
Speak you comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her
Or, "speak to or according to the heart of Jerusalem F8
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…