"Comfort ye, comfort ye my people" opens the book's second movement: Jerusalem's warfare is accomplished, her iniquity pardoned. A voice cries, "Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah", valleys exalted, mountains made low, the glory of Jehovah revealed to all flesh (40:3-5), the text all four Gospels apply to John the Baptist as forerunner of Jesus. All flesh is grass, but the word of God stands forever; Zion is told to herald "Behold, your God," who comes as a mighty one yet feeds his flock like a shepherd. A sustained argument from creation follows: he measures the waters in his hand and weighs mountains in scales; the nations are a drop of a bucket; idols are cast metal and chosen wood; he sits above the circle of the earth and calls the stars by name. Jacob's complaint is answered: they that wait for Jehovah renew their strength, mounting up with wings as eagles.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Isaiah — Isaiah overview

A. 1–5 Comfort Ye My People: a Voice Crying in the Wilderness
B. 6–11 All Flesh Is Grass; He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd
C. 12–26 Who Hath Measured the Waters in the Hollow of His Hand?
D. 27–31 They That Wait Shall Mount Up with Wings as Eagles

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Isaiah 512 verses
- Isaiah 51:3For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.
- Isaiah 51:12“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
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Luke 182 verses
- Luke 18:7Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?
- Luke 18:14I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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Isaiah 522 verses
- Isaiah 52:7How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
- Isaiah 52:10The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
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1 Peter 12 verses
- 1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
- 1 Peter 1:25but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
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Psalms 1022 verses
- Psalms 102:11My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
- Psalms 102:25In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
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Romans 112 verses
- Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
- Romans 11:34“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
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Isaiah 402 verses
- Isaiah 40:18To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
- Isaiah 40:25“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
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Isaiah 412 verses
- Isaiah 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
- Isaiah 41:16You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.