Isaiah 40:1

Bible in Basic English 1965

Give comfort, give comfort, to my people, says your God.

Cross References

Nehemiah 8:10

Then he said to them, Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is your strong place.

Psalm 85:3

You were no longer angry: you were turned from the heat of your wrath.

Psalm 85:8

I will give ear to the voice of the Lord; for he will say words of peace to his people and to his saints; but let them not go back to their foolish ways.

Ecclesiastes 3:4

A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;

Isaiah 12:1

And in that day you will say I will give praise to you, O Lord; for though you were angry with me, your wrath is turned away, and I am comforted.

Isaiah 3:10

Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.

Isaiah 41:27

I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.

Isaiah 50:10

Who among you has the fear of the Lord, giving ear to the voice of his servant who has been walking in the dark and has no light? Let him put his faith in the name of the Lord, looking to his God for support.

Isaiah 51:12

I, even I, am your comforter: are you so poor in heart as to be in fear of man who will come to an end, and of the son of man who will be like grass?

Isaiah 51:3

For the Lord has given comfort to Zion: he has made glad all her broken walls; making her waste places like Eden, and changing her dry land into the garden of the Lord; joy and delight will be there, praise and the sound of melody.

Isaiah 52:9

Give sounds of joy, make melody together, waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord has given comfort to his people, he has taken up the cause of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 60:1

Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you.

Isaiah 61:2

To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad;

Ezekiel 16:42

And the heat of my wrath against you will have an end, and my bitter feeling will be turned away from you, and I will be quiet and will be angry no longer.

Zechariah 1:13

And the Lord gave an answer in good and comforting words to the angel who was talking to me.

Zechariah 1:17

And again let your voice be loud and say, This is what the Lord of armies has said: My towns will again be overflowing with good things, and again the Lord will give comfort to Zion and take Jerusalem for himself.

Zechariah 9:9

Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.

2 Corinthians 1:4

Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

1 Thessalonians 4:18

So then, give comfort to one another with these words.