Isaiah 40:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘Speak tenderly to   Jerusalem, and announce to her that her time of hard service is over, her iniquity  has been pardoned, and she has received from the  Lord’s hand double for all her sins.’

Cross References

Zechariah 9:12

Return to a stronghold, you prisoners who have hope; today I declare that I will restore double to you.

Isaiah 61:7

In place of your shame, you will have a double portion; in place of disgrace, they will rejoice over their share. So they will possess double in their land, and eternal joy will be theirs.

Hosea 2:14

Therefore, I am going to persuade her, lead her to the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.

Revelation 18:6

Pay her back the way she also paid, and double it according to her works. In the cup in which she mixed, mix a double portion for her.

Jeremiah 16:18

I will first repay them double for their iniquity  and sin because they have polluted my land. They have filled my inheritance with the carcasses of their abhorrent and detestable idols.’

Isaiah 44:22

I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Isaiah 43:25

‘I am the one, I sweep away your transgressions for my own sake and remember your sins no more.

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it testifies about the end and will not lie. Though it delays, wait for it, since it will certainly come and not be late.

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you’   #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

Isaiah 35:4

Say to the cowardly: ‘Be strong; do not fear! Here is your God; vengeance is coming. God’s retribution is coming; he will save you.’

Acts 1:7

He said to them, ‘It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has set by his own authority.

Daniel 11:35

Some of those who have insight will fall so that they may be refined,  purified, and cleansed  until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.

Isaiah 12:1

On that day you will say: ‘I will give thanks to you, Lord, although you were angry with me. Your anger has turned away, and you have comforted me.

Galatians 4:4

When the time came to completion, God sent his Son,  born of a woman,  born under the law,

Isaiah 49:25

For this is what the  Lord  says: ‘Even the captives of a mighty man will be taken, and the prey of a tyrant will be delivered; I will contend with the one who contends with you, and I will save your children.

Isaiah 33:24

and none there will say, ‘I am ill.’ The people who dwell there will be forgiven  their iniquity.

Zechariah 1:15

I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease,  for I was a little angry, but they made the destruction worse.

Daniel 12:9

He said, ‘Go on your way, Daniel, for the words are secret  and sealed until the time of the end.

Daniel 12:4

‘But you, Daniel, keep these words secret  and seal the book  until the time of the end.  Many will roam about,  and knowledge will increase.’

Daniel 9:12

He has carried out his words  that he spoke against us and against our rulers  , by bringing on us a disaster that is so great that nothing like what has been done to Jerusalem has ever been done  under all of heaven.

Daniel 9:2

in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the books according to the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremiah that the number of years for the desolation of Jerusalem would be seventy.

Jeremiah 17:18

Let my persecutors be put to shame, but don’t let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but don’t let me be terrified. Bring on them the day of disaster; shatter them with total   destruction.

2 Chronicles 30:22

Then Hezekiah encouraged  , all the Levites who performed skilfully before the Lord. They ate at the appointed festival for seven days, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

Genesis 34:3

He became infatuated with Jacob’s daughter Dinah. He loved the young girl and spoke tenderly to her.

Isaiah 6:7

He touched my mouth  with it and said: Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.

Isaiah 14:3

When the Lord gives you rest from your pain,  torment, and the hard labour  you were forced to do,

Isaiah 53:5

But he was pierced because of our rebellion, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment  for our peace was on him, and we are healed by his wounds.

Isaiah 53:6

We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished him for  the iniquity  of us all.

Isaiah 54:15

If anyone attacks you, it is not from me; whoever attacks you will fall before you.

Isaiah 54:17

No weapon formed against you will succeed, and you will refute any accusation raised against you in court. This is the heritage of the  Lord’s servants, and their vindication is from me.’ This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked one abandon his way and the sinful one his thoughts; let him return to the  Lord, so that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will freely forgive.

Isaiah 66:13

As a mother comforts her son, so I will comfort you, and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 51:10

The Lord has brought about our vindication; come, let’s tell in Zion what the Lord our God has accomplished.

Lamentations 4:22

Daughter Zion, your punishment is complete; he will not lengthen your exile. But he will punish your iniquity, Daughter Edom, and will expose your sins.

Ezekiel 16:42

So I will satisfy my wrath against you,  and my jealousy will turn away from you. Then I will be calm and no longer angry.

Zechariah 1:13

The Lord replied with kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.

Exodus 22:3

But if this happens after sunrise, the householder is guilty of bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution. If he is unable, he is to be sold because of his theft.

Ecclesiastes 3:4

a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance;

Isaiah 27:9

Therefore Jacob’s iniquity  will be atoned for in this way, and the result of the removal of his sin will be this: when he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.

Isaiah 51:17

Wake yourself, wake yourself up! Stand up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk the cup of his fury from the Lord’s hand; you who have drunk the goblet to the dregs – the cup that causes people to stagger.

Hosea 2:16

In that day – this is the  Lord’s declaration – you will call me ‘my husband’ and no longer call me ‘my Baal’.

Zephaniah 3:15

The Lord has removed your punishment; he has turned back your enemy. The King of Israel, the Lord, is among you; you need no longer fear harm.