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CHAPTER XL
_In this chapter the prophet opens the subject respecting the_
_restoration of the Church with great force and elegance;_
_declaring God's command to his messengers the prophets to_
_co...
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COMFORT YE, COMFORT YE MY PEOPLE - This is the exordium, or the
general subject of this and the following chapters. The commencement
is abrupt, as often happens in Isaiah and the other prophets. The
s...
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II. THE LATER PROPHECIES OF COMFORT AND GLORY (40-66)
Like the first part this second part of Isaiah has three sections. The
three sections of the first part revealed the judgments to come upon
the Je...
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PROLOGUE ANNOUNCING THE END OF THE EXILE. IF. The prophet sees in the
triumphs of Cyrus the coming fall of Babylon's empire, and a
revolution in the fortunes of the exiles. These are God's voice
biddi...
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This chapter commences. new Prophecy (see App-82), and follows that in
Isaiah 34:1; Isaiah 35:1, after the historic episode of Isaiah 36;
Isaiah 38. It will be seen that i
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Isaiah 40:1-11. The Prologue
This first proclamation of glad tidings to Zion (see ch. Isaiah
41:27) is a passage of singular beauty, breathing the spirit of
new-born hope and enthusiasm with which th...
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The term of Jerusalem's servitude is accomplished; she has suffered
the full penalty of her transgressions.
_Comfort ye_ The repetition of an emphatic opening word is
characteristic of the writer's st...
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DISCOURSE: 920
THE SCOPE AND TENDENCY OF THE GOSPEL
Isaiah 40:1._ Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak
ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is
accomplish...
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COMFORT YE, &C.— These are the words of the prophet, relating what
he saw, or what he heard, in this scene of the manifestation of the
kingdom of God, with its signs and concomitants. He relates, that...
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VII. SALVATION THROUGH GOD'S SERVANT
Chapter S 40-53
A, PURPOSE OF THE LORD'S SERVANT
Chapter S 40-43
1. COMFORT, CHAPTER 40
a. PREPARE FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD
TEXT: Isaiah 40:1-11
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Comfort ye,...
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Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
The former were local and temporary in their reference. These belong
to the distant future, and are world-wide in their interest. The
deliverance f...
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ISRAEL'S RESTORATION FROM EXILE IN BABYLON
On the authorship and date of these Chapter s see Intro. According to
their subject matter, they fall naturally into three divisions of
almost equal length...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 40
This chapter begins the second half of the Book of Isaiah.
• In CHAPTER...
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The *Lord’s words are to ‘my people’. They are the *Lord’s own
special people. They belong to him by a personal *covenant (see Exodus
chapter 24)....
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XL.
(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 connec...
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נַחֲמ֥וּ נַחֲמ֖וּ עַמִּ֑י יֹאמַ֖ר
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃...
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CHAPTER V
THE PROLOGUE: THE FOUR HERALD VOICES
Isaiah 40:1
IT is only Voices which we hear in this Prologue. No forms can be
discerned, whether of men or angels, and it is even difficult to make
out...
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CHAPTER I
THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
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THE CRY OF JEHOVAH'S HERALD
Isaiah 40:1-8
Voices are ever speaking to us from the infinite; let us heed them.
(1.) _There is the voice of forgiveness_, Isaiah 40:2. Are you truly
penitent? Have you...
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We now commence the prophecies of peace, which also fall into three
divisions, dealing in turn with the purpose of peace (40-48), the
Prince of Peace (49-57), the program of peace (58-66).
The fist el...
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Comfort (a) ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
(a) This is a consolation for the Church, assuring them that they will
never be destitute of prophets by which he exhorts the true ministers
of G...
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_Be. Septuagint, "comfort my people." Let them not be dejected.
(Haydock) --- The end of the captivity, and still more the coming of
the Messias, afford consolation, (Calmet) and to this the prophet
c...
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1._Comfort ye. _The Prophet introduces a new subject; for, leaving the
people on whom no favorable impression was made either by threatenings
or by admonitions, on account of their desperate wickednes...
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The first part of that which might be called the second book of Isaiah
extends from chapter 40 to the end of chapter 48. The Messiah is,
comparatively speaking, but little introduced here. It is rathe...
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COMFORT YE, COMFORT YE MY PEOPLE, SAITH YOUR GOD. The Babylonish
captivity being predicted in the preceding chapter, for the comfort of
God's people a deliverance is promised, expressed in such terms,...
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Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Ver. 1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people._] Hitherto hath been the
comminatory part of this prophecy: followeth now the consolatory. Here
beginneth...
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Isa. 40:1, 2. "Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, saith your God;
speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry unto her that her warfare
is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned; for she hath rece...
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_Comfort ye_, &c. “The prophet, in the foregoing chapter, had
delivered a very explicit declaration of the impending dissolution of
the kingdom of Judah, and of the captivity of the royal house of
Dav...
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Comfort ye, comfort ye, My people, saith your God. Note the repetition
of the charge, with the emphasis implied, the significance of the
address in the plural as including the Gospel-messengers of all...
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THE WORD OF COMFORT AND THE GOD OF COMFORT.
The last part of the book of the prophet Isaiah has fitly been called
the Book of Comfort, for in its beautiful language and in its exalted
visions the Gosp...
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1-11 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 pardoned. In the great atonement of the death of...
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ISAIAH CHAPTER 40 The prophet having now foretold the Babylonish
captivity, ISAIAH 39:6,7, doth here arm his people against it by the
consideration of their certain deliverance out of it, and their
bl...
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Isaiah 40:1 Comfort H5162 (H8761) comfort H5162 (H8761) people H5971
Says H559 (H8799) God H430
comfort
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THE PREPARING OF THE WAY (ISAIAH 40:1).
The humiliation of Assyria has, in Isaiah's eyes, opened up a new
opportunity for the future for Judah/Israel. Yahweh has delivered His
people, and awaits thei...
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COMFORT
The first two verses of Isaiah 40 (Isaiah 40:1) give the key-note of
the second part of the prophecy of Isaiah. The great theme of this
section is Jesus Christ in His sufferings, and the glor...
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Isaiah 40:1
I. In our text there is a specification of one large class of medicine
for spiritual disease; and therefore, by inference, one large class of
sickness. "Comfort" is the staple of the presc...
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Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God._
«They need it, and they shall have it. Mind, O my servants, that you
give it to them: Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God...
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Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak
ye comfortably to Jerusalem._
The loss of comfort is no small loss. God would have his people happy.
They are in the best conditi...
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Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak
ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is
accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath recei...
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CONTENTS: Joyful prospect given to the people of God of the happiness
of coming redemption. Reproof for their despondencies.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Isaiah.
CONCLUSION: Nothing can be spoken mo...
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Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people._ What a sweet voice is
this to the church, after all her long afflictions. The words are
doubled, to designate the fulness of comfort in the pardon of s...
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_Comfort ye, comfort ye My people_
THE GREAT PROPHECY OF ISRAEL’S RESTORATION
In passing from chaps, 36-39, to chap. 40. we find ourselves
introduced into a new world. The persons whom the prophet ad...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 40:1 Encouragement for God’s Exiles: “The
Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed.” These visionary chapters are
addressed to the exiles in Babylon after the fall of Jerusalem in 586...
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COMFORT FOR THE SUFFERING
Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, &c._
IT is generally agreed that these last twenty-six Chapter s relate to
the restoration of the Jews from their captivity in Babylon. They are
t...
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THE LORD’S PEOPLE COMFORTED
Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God_.
I. GOD HAS A PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. In one sense, all whom the Lord
designs to create anew by His Holy Spiri...
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PART III. ISAIAH'S LATER PROPHECIES (CH. 40-66.).
SECTION I. THE PEOPLE OF GOD COMFORTED IN TRIBULATION (Isaiah 40:1.).
EXPOSITION...
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But he's talking about a whole new message of God for the people as we
get into the new covenant of God. And so it is appropriate that this
new section of Isaiah begins with the word of the Lord decla...
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1 Thessalonians 4:18; 2 Corinthians 1:4; Hebrews 6:17; Hebrews 6:18;...
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THE DEITY OF CHRIST IN ISAIAH
Isaiah 40:1, _Isaiah 40:25_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We suggest a threefold vision of the Deity of Christ as an
introduction to the sermon proper.
1. THE DEITY OF CHRIST AS...
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Ye — Ye prophets and ministers....