...taketh from you" (John xvi. 22). At this very time, too, the Lord shall proclaim to Zion, " Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, saith your God : speak ye comfortably...: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double [the counterpart, Job xi. 6 ; the punishment correspondent to] for all her sins" (Isai. xl. 1). " And...

...done with the church; hence that soulcomforting commission given to Isaiah xl. 1, 2. " Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, saith. your God; speak ye comfortably...that her iniquity is pardoned, for she hath received at the Lord's hand double for all her sins." And that the people might be gloriously arrayed, he also...

...Lord.' Afterwards he opened upon Isaiah xl. l: ' Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith our God; speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her...hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.' In reading these passages of Scripture, he was enabled to view Christ as set forth to be a propitiation...

...are overwhelmed with any kind of imperative, indicative reading of our sorrowful world: Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably...hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. (lsa. 40:1-2, KJV) When we read the Hebrew prophets we are reading in the ebb and flow, the give...

...to Jerusalem," literally, "speak to the heart of Jerusalem," that is, so that they will understand, "and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished,...hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins." What has she received double? — Mercy; because when the Lord pardons sins, gives grace to...

...Ghost." He discerned his commission as a preacher especially in these words of Isaiah — "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably...warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned." And he remained true to this commission to the end of his days, only with ever-increasing penetration...

...faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Psalm 73:26 KJV 35.44 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably...hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. Isaiah 40:1-2 KJV 35.45 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did...

...and praise thy glorious name. Isaiah 40:1-10 1 COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saidi your God. 2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her,...hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins. 3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight...

...into the future, the return of Christ to reign. Read Isaiah 40: 1-5 and you will see: "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God, Speak ye comfortably...double for all her sins. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God....

...which is the better of these two presentations of the beginning of Isaiah 40 as poetry? i 'Comfort ye, comfort ye my people,' Saith your God. 'Speak ye comfortably...hath received of the Lord's hand Double for all her sins.' 2 'Comfort ye, comfort ye my people,' saith your God. 'Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and...