Isaiah Chapter 40 verse 1 Holy Bible
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
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Give comfort, give comfort, to my people, says your God.
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Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
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Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
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Comfort you, comfort you my people, says your God.
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Comfort ye, comfort ye, My people, saith your God.
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Isaiah 40 : 1 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - Comfort ye, comfort ye my people. The key-note is struck at once. With that iteration which is his favourite mode of emphasizing what is important (see the comment on Isaiah 38:11), the prophet declares that he and his brethren have a direct mission from God to "comfort" Israel. Note the encouragement contained in the expressions, "my people," and "your God." Israel is not cast off, even when most deeply afflicted.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersXL.(1) Comfort ye . . .--I start with the assumption that the great prophetic poem that follows is the work of Isaiah himself, referring to the Introduction for the discussion of all questions connected with its authorship and arrangement. It has a link, as has been noticed, with the earlier collection of his writings in Isaiah 35:9-10. The prophet's mind is obviously projected at the outset into the future, which it had been given him to see, when the time of punishment and discipline was to be succeeded, having done its work, by blessedness and peace. The key-note is struck in the opening words. The phrase "my people" is a distinct echo of Hos. ii. 1. Lo Ammi (i.e. "not my people,") has been brought back to his true position as Ammi (i.e. "my people").Saith your God.--Noticeable as a formula which is at once peculiar to Isaiah and common to both his volumes (Isaiah 1:11; Isaiah 1:18; Isaiah 33:10; Isaiah 41:21; Isaiah 66:9). . . .
