Isaiah 40:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

comfortably to. to the heart of: i.e. affectionately. Compare Genesis 34:3; Genesis 50:21.Judges 19:3.Hosea 2:14.

cry. proclaim. Note the same word, and truth, in Isaiah 40:3.

warfare. hard service or forced service.

iniquity. Hebrew. avah. App-44.

the Lord. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

double. in full. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), for that which is complete, thorough, ample. See Isaiah 61:7; Genesis 43:22.Job 11:6; Job 41:13.Jeremiah 16:18; Jeremiah 17:18. Zec 9:12. 1 Timothy 5:17. Compare Job 42:10; Galatians 1:6; Galatians 1:7-9.

sins. Hebrew. chata. App-44.

Isaiah 40:2

2 Speak ye comfortablya to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.