Isaiah 40:1 References

1 "aComfort, O comfort My people," says your God.

a Isaiah 12:1, Isaiah 49:13, Isaiah 51:3, Isaiah 51:12, Isaiah 52:9, Isaiah 61:2, Isaiah 66:13, Jeremiah 31:10-14, Zephaniah 3:14-17, 2 Corinthians 1:4


Isaiah 12

1 Then you will say on that day, "aI will give thanks to You, O Lord; For balthough You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, And You comfort me.

Isaiah 49

13 aShout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains! For the bLord has comforted His people And will chave compassion on His afflicted.

Isaiah 51

3 Indeed, athe Lord will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her bwaste places. And her cwilderness He will make like dEden, And her desert like the egarden of the Lord; fJoy and gladness will be found in her, Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.

Isaiah 51

12 "I, even I, am He who acomforts you. Who are you that you are afraid of bman who dies And of the son of man who is made clike grass,

Isaiah 52

9 aBreak forth, shout joyfully together, You bwaste places of Jerusalem; For the Lord has comforted His people, He has credeemed Jerusalem.

Isaiah 61

2 To aproclaim the favorable year of the Lord And the bday of vengeance of our God; To ccomfort all who mourn,

Isaiah 66

13 "As one whom his mother comforts, so I will acomfort you; And you will be comforted in Jerusalem."

Jeremiah 31

10 Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, And declare in the acoastlands afar off, And say, "He who scattered Israel will bgather him And keep him as a cshepherd keeps his flock."
11 For the Lord has aransomed Jacob And redeemed him from the hand of him who was bstronger than he.
12 "They will acome and shout for joy on the bheight of Zion, And they will be cradiant over the bounty of the Lord-- Over the dgrain and the new wine and the oil, And over the young of the eflock and the herd; And their life will be like a fwatered garden, And they will never languish again.
13 "Then the virgin will rejoice in the adance, And the young men and the old, together, For I will bturn their mourning into joy And will comfort them and give them cjoy for their sorrow.
14 "I will fill the soul of the priests with abundance, And My people will be asatisfied with My goodness," declares the Lord.

Zephaniah 3

14 Shout for joy, O daughter of Zion! aShout in triumph, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!
15 The Lord has taken away aHis judgments against you, He has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord, is bin your midst; You will cfear disaster no more.
16 aIn that day it will be said to Jerusalem: "bDo not be afraid, O Zion; cDo not let your hands fall limp.
17 "The Lord your God is ain your midst, A bvictorious warrior. He will cexult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.

2 Corinthians 1

4 who acomforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.