Isaiah 40:2 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 40:2

“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”

BSB

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ASV

Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she hath received of Jehovah’s hand double for all her sins.

KJV

Speak ye comfortably 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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Chapter 40, Verses 1 onwards) Console, console my people, says your God: Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call out to her; for her wickedness is complete, her iniquity is forgiven. She has received from the hand of the Lord double for all her sins. LXX: Console, console my people, says God. O priests, speak to the heart of Jerusalem; console her, for her humility is fulfilled. His sin has been forgiven, for he has received from the hand of the Lord double for all his sins.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Double for all her sins “Blessings double to the punishment” - It does not seem reconcilable to our notions of the Divine justice, which always punishes less than our iniquities deserve, to suppose that God had punished the sins of the Jews in double proportion; and it is more agreeable to the tenor of this consolatory message to understand it as a promise of ample recompense for the effects of past displeasure, on the reconciliation of God to his returning people.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Messiah is the antitypical Israel (compare Mt 2:15, with Ho 11:1). He indeed has "received" of sufferings amply more than enough to expiate "for our sins" (Ro 5:15, 17). Otherwise (cry unto her) "that she shall receive (blessings) of the Lord's hand double to the punishment of all her sins" (so "sin" is used, Zec 14:19, Margin) [LOWTH].

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
דַּבְּר֞וּ	da.be.Ru	speak	H1696 →
עַל־	'al-	to	H5921 →
לֵ֤ב	lev	[the] heart of	H3820 →
יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →
וְקִרְא֣וּ	ve.kir.'U	and proclaim	H7121 →
אֵלֶ֔יהָ	'e.Lei.ha	to it	H413 →
כִּ֤י	ki	that	H3588 →
מָֽלְאָה֙	mal.'Ah	it has been completed	H4390 →
צְבָאָ֔הּ	tze.va.'Ah	service its	H6635 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
נִרְצָ֖ה	nir.Tzah	it has been accepted	H7521 →
עֲוֹנָ֑הּ	'a.vo.Nah	iniquity its	H5771 →
כִּ֤י	ki	that	H3588 →
לָקְחָה֙	la.ke.Chah	it has received	H3947 →
מִיַּ֣ד	mi.Yad	from [the] hand of	H3027 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
כִּפְלַ֖יִם	kif.La.yim	double	H3718 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	for all	H3605 →
חַטֹּאתֶֽיהָ׃ ס	cha.to.Tei.ha	sins its	H2403 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Zechariah 9:12
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
leads to
- Job 42:10
  After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 61:7
  Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy…
- Lamentations 3:21–22
  Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:
- Hebrews 6:18
  Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
Through
Isaiah 61:7
Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy…
leads to
- Zechariah 9:12
  Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
- Isaiah 60:19–20
  No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your…
- Psalms 16:11
  You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
- 2 Kings 2:9
  After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,”…

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