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Isaiah 40

Isa. 40:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
ye ρcomfortably
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
to Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
, and cry
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
unto her, that her σwarfare
tsaba' (Hebrew #6635)
from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
KJV usage: appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}
is accomplished
male' (Hebrew #4390)
a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: accomplish, confirm, + consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, X draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-)flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-)full, + have wholly.
Pronounce: maw-lay'
Origin: or malae (Esth. 7:5) {maw-law'}
, that her iniquity
`avon (Hebrew #5771)
from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
KJV usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Pronounce: aw-vone'
Origin: or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}
is pardoned
ratsah (Hebrew #7521)
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt
KJV usage: (be) accept(-able), accomplish, set affection, approve, consent with, delight (self), enjoy, (be, have a) favour(-able), like, observe, pardon, (be, have, take) please(-ure), reconcile self.
Pronounce: raw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
: for she hath received
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
of the Lord’s
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
double
kephel (Hebrew #3718)
a duplicate
KJV usage: double.
Pronounce: keh'-fel
Origin: from 3717
s for all her sins
chatta'ah (Hebrew #2403)
from 2398; an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
KJV usage: punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).
Pronounce: khat-taw-aw'
Origin: or chattacth {khat-tawth'}
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to the heart.
σ
appointed time.
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Isa. 61:7• 7Instead of your shame [ye shall have] double; [instead of] confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double; everlasting joy shall be unto them. (Isa. 61:7)

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comfortably.
Heb. to the heart.
Gen. 34:3• 3And his soul clave unto Dinah daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke to the heart of the damsel. (Gen. 34:3)
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2 Chron. 30:22• 22And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites {i}that had understanding in the good knowledge of Jehovah; and they ate the feast-offerings the seven days, sacrificing peace-offerings, and extolling Jehovah the God of their fathers.{/i} (2 Chron. 30:22)
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Hos. 2:14• 14{i}Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak to her heart.{/i} (Hos. 2:14)
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Hos. 2•  (Hos. 2)
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warfare.
or, appointed time.
Psa. 102:13‑28• 13{i}Thou{/i} wilt arise, thou wilt compassionate Zion,{HR}For [it is] time to be gracious to her,{HR}For the set time is come.
 14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones{HR}And are gracious to her dust.
 15And nations shall fear Jehovah's name,{HR}And all kings of the earth thy glory.
 16For Jehovah hath built Zion,{HR}He is seen in his glory,
 17He turned unto the prayer of the destitute one,{HR}And despised not their prayer.
 18This shall be written for an after generation,{HR}And a people to be created shall praise Jah.
 19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary;{HR}From the heavens hath Jehovah beheld the earth;
 20To hear the groaning of the prisoner,{HR}To loose the sons of death,
 21To declare in Zion Jehovah's name{HR}And his praise in Jerusalem,
 22When peoples are gathered together,{HR}And kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.
 23He weakened my strength in the way,{HR}He shortened my days.
 24I said, O my God ,{HR}Take me not away in the midst of my days:{HR}In generation of generations [are] thy years.
 25Of old hast thou founded the earth,{HR}And the heavens [are] the work of thy hands.
 26{i}They{/i} shall perish, and {i}thou{/i} shalt endure;{HR}And all of them as the garment shall wax old;{HR}As the vesture shalt thou change them,{HR}And they shall be changed.
 27But {i}thou{/i} [art] the same (He),{HR}And thy years shall have no end.
 28The sons of thy servants shall continue,{HR}And their seed shall be established before thee. (Psa. 102:13‑28)
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Song of Sol. 2:11‑13• 11For, behold, the winter is past,{HR}The rain is over, it is gone;
 12The flowers appear on the earth;{HR}The time of singing is come,{HR}And the voice of the thrush is heard in our land;
 13The fig tree melloweth her winter figs,{HR}And the vines in bloom give forth fragrance.{HR}Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. (Song of Sol. 2:11‑13)
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Jer. 29:11• 11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. (Jer. 29:11)
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Dan. 9:2,24‑27• 2In the first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of {i}Jehovah{/i} came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
 24seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
 25Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah, the Prince, shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. The street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
 26After the sixty-two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself, and shall have nothing; and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
 27He shall confirm covenant with the many for one week; and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the wing of abominations, [there shall be] a desolator, even until the consummation, and that determined, shall be poured upon the desolate. (Dan. 9:2,24‑27)
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Dan. 11:35• 35And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for a time appointed. (Dan. 11:35)
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Dan. 12:4,9• 4But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
 9And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. (Dan. 12:4,9)
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Hab. 2:3• 3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. (Hab. 2:3)
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Acts 1:7• 7And he said unto them, It is not yours to know times or seasons which the Father set in his own authority. (Acts 1:7)
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Gal. 4:4• 4but when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under law, (Gal. 4:4)
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Rev. 6:10‑11• 10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on those that dwell on the earth?
 11And there was given them [each] a white robe; and it was said to them that they should rest yet for a [little] space, until their fellow-servants also and their brethren should be completed that were to be killed even as they. (Rev. 6:10‑11)
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Rev. 11:15‑18• 15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in the heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world hath become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign unto the ages of the ages.
 16And the twenty-four elders, who sit before God upon their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshipped God,
 17saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God the Almighty, that art and that wast; because thou hast taken thy great power and reigned.
 18And the nations were wroth, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead to be judged, and to give the reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, the little and the great; and to destroy those that destroy the earth. (Rev. 11:15‑18)
that her iniquity.
Isa. 12:1• 1And in that day thou shalt say,{HR}I will praise thee, O Jehovah.{HR}Though thou hast been angry with me,{HR}Thine anger is turned away,{HR}And thou comfortest me. (Isa. 12:1)
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Isa. 33:24• 24And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick; the people that dwell therein [shall be] forgiven [their] iniquity. (Isa. 33:24)
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Isa. 43:25• 25I, I [am] he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins. (Isa. 43:25)
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Isa. 44:22• 22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me, for I have redeemed thee. (Isa. 44:22)
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Isa. 61:7• 7Instead of your shame [ye shall have] double; [instead of] confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double; everlasting joy shall be unto them. (Isa. 61:7)
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Psa. 32:1• 1Of David: Maschil.{HR}Blessed [is] the one forgiven [as to] transgression, covered [as to] sin. (Psa. 32:1)
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Jer. 31:33‑34• 33This shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith Jehovah, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
 34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah: for they shall all know me from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. (Jer. 31:33‑34)
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Jer. 33:8‑9• 8I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, {i}whereby they have sinned against me{/i}, {i}and{/i} whereby they have transgressed against me;
 9and it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. (Jer. 33:8‑9)
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1 Cor. 6:9‑11• 9What! know ye not that unjust [men] shall not inherit God's kingdom? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor abusers of themselves as women, nor abusers of themselves with men,
 10nor rapacious, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit God's kingdom.
 11And these things were some of you. But ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus [Christ] and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Cor. 6:9‑11)
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Isa. 61:7• 7Instead of your shame [ye shall have] double; [instead of] confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double; everlasting joy shall be unto them. (Isa. 61:7)
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Job 42:10‑12• 10And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends; and Jehovah increased all that Job had two-fold.
 11And there came unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintance, and ate bread with him in his house, and condoled with him, and comforted him over all the evil which Jehovah had brought upon him; and they gave him each a kesitah, and each a ring of gold.
 12And Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. (Job 42:10‑12)
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Jer. 16:18• 18And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable things. (Jer. 16:18)
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Jer. 17:18• 18{i}Let them be ashamed that persecute me, but let not me be ashamed; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and break them with a double breaking{/i}. (Jer. 17:18)
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Dan. 9:12• 12{i}And he hath performed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil; so that there hath not been done under the whole heaven as hath been done upon Jerusalem.{/i} (Dan. 9:12)
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Zech. 1:15• 15And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. (Zech. 1:15)
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Zech. 9:12• 12Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even today do I declare that I will render double unto thee; (Zech. 9:12)
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Rev. 18:6• 6Render to her as she also rendered, and double [the] double according to her works: in the cup which she mixed mix to her double. (Rev. 18:6)
• It is not that their iniquity is condoned or made light of but rather that its “double”, or appropriate punishment, has been exacted, and thus it has been pardoned, and the time of “warfare”, or suffering, is over. (“Isaiah 40” by F.B. Hole)
• The verse does not state how this “double” from the Lord’s hand has been received. The explanation of it lies in the subsequent chapters. As to the government of God, operating in this world, they receive it to the full in heavy chastisement, as indicated in chapters 57, 58 and 59. As to the more serious matter of God’s eternal judgment on sin, they receive it in the vicarious sufferings of their Messiah and Savior, whom once they rejected. This we see in chapter 53. (“Isaiah 40” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her time of sufferingb is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardonedc; for she hath received of Jehovah’s hand double for all her sins.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "toil." see Note, Num. 4.3, Dan. 8.12.
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Lit. "satisfied," "discharged."

W. Kelly Translation

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Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her time of toila is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned; that she hath received of Jehovah’s hand double for all her sins.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, suffering.