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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
CharlesEllicott
Speak you comfortably ... —Literally, Speak you to the heart. The command is addressed to the prophets whom Isai…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
You comfort, you comfort my people, says your God. You speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry to her, that her warfare is accomplished, that h…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
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
JohnGill
Speak you comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her
Or, "speak to or according to the heart of Jerusalem F8
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
1. Be comforted, be comforted. This is the second principal part of this book, in which the prophet primarily intends to comfort th…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes