Isaiah 40:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

Say kind words to the heart of Jerusalem, crying out to her that her time of trouble is ended, that her punishment is complete; that she has been rewarded by the Lord's hand twice over for all her sins.

Cross References

Zechariah 9:12

And they will come back to you, O daughter of Zion, as prisoners of hope: today I say to you that I will give you back twice as much;

Isaiah 61:7

As they had twice as much grief, and marks of shame were their heritage, so in their land they will be rewarded twice over, and will have eternal joy.

Hosea 2:14

For this cause I will make her come into the waste land and will say words of comfort to her.

Revelation 18:6

Give to her as she gave, even an increased reward for her works; in the cup which was mixed by her, let there be mixed as much again for herself.

Jeremiah 16:18

And I will give them the reward of their evil-doing and their sin twice over; because they have made my land unclean, and have made my heritage full of the bodies of their unholy and disgusting things.

Isaiah 44:22

I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause.

Isaiah 43:25

I, even I, am he who takes away your sins; and I will no longer keep your evil doings in mind.

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is still for the fixed time, and it is moving quickly to the end, and it will not be false: even if it is slow in coming, go on waiting for it; because it will certainly come, it will not be kept back.

Jeremiah 29:11

For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.

Isaiah 35:4

Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.

Acts 1:7

And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control.

Daniel 11:35

And some of those who are wise will have wisdom in testing themselves and making themselves clean, till the time of the end: for it is still for the fixed time.

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.

Galatians 4:4

But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

Isaiah 49:25

But the Lord says, Even the prisoners of the strong will be taken from him, and the cruel made to let go his goods: for I will take up your cause against your haters, and I will keep your children safe.

Isaiah 33:24

And the men of Zion will not say, I am ill: for its people will have forgiveness for their sin.

Psalm 32:1

Of David. Maschil. Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered.

Zechariah 1:15

And I am very angry with the nations who are living untroubled: for when I was only a little angry, they made the evil worse.

Daniel 12:9

And he said, Go on your way, Daniel: for the words are secret and shut up till the time of the end;

Daniel 12:4

But as for you, O Daniel, let the words be kept secret and the book rolled up and kept shut till the time of the end: numbers will be going out of the way and troubles will be increased.

Daniel 9:12

And he has given effect to his words which he said against us and against those who were our judges, by sending a great evil on us: for under all heaven there has not been done what has been done to Jerusalem.

Daniel 9:2

In the first year of his rule, I, Daniel, saw clearly from the books the number of years given by the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremiah, in which the making waste of Jerusalem was to be complete, that is, seventy years.

Jeremiah 17:18

Let them be put to shame who are attacking me, but let me not be shamed; let them be overcome with fear, but let me not be overcome: send on them the day of evil, and put them to destruction twice over.

2 Chronicles 30:22

And Hezekiah said kind words to the Levites who were expert in the ordering of the worship of the Lord: so they kept the feast for seven days, offering peace-offerings and praising the Lord, the God of their fathers.

Genesis 34:3

Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her.

Isaiah 6:7

And after touching my mouth with it, he said, See, your lips have been touched with this; and your evil is taken away, and you are made clean from sin.

Isaiah 14:3

And it will be, in the day when the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your trouble, and from the hard yoke which they had put on you,

Isaiah 53:5

But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.

Isaiah 53:6

We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.

Isaiah 54:15

See, they may be moved to war, but not by my authority: all those who come together to make an attack on you, will be broken against you.

Isaiah 54:17

No instrument of war which is formed against you will be of any use; and every tongue which says evil against you will be judged false. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness comes from me, says the Lord.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.

Isaiah 66:13

As to one who is comforted by his mother, so will I give you comfort: and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 51:10

The Lord has made clear our righteousness: come, and let us give an account in Zion of the work of the Lord our God.

Lamentations 4:22

The punishment of your evil-doing is complete, O daughter of Zion; never again will he take you away as a prisoner: he will give you the reward of your evil-doing, O daughter of Edom; he will let your sin be uncovered.

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.

Exodus 22:3

But if it is after dawn, he will be responsible.

Psalm 85:3

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

Ecclesiastes 3:4

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

Isaiah 27:9

So by this will the sin of Jacob be covered, and this is all the fruit of taking away his punishment; when all the stones of the altar are crushed together, so that the wood pillars and the sun-images will not be put up again.

Isaiah 51:17

Awake! awake! up! O Jerusalem, you who have taken from the Lord's hand the cup of his wrath; tasting in full measure the wine which overcomes.

Hosea 2:16

And in that day, says the Lord, you will say to me, Ishi; and you will never again give me the name of Baali;

Zephaniah 3:15

The Lord has taken away those who were judging you, he has sent your haters far away: the King of Israel, even the Lord, is among you: you will have no more fear of evil.