Isaiah 40:2

Modern English Version

Speak kindly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare has ended, that her iniquity has been pardoned, that she has received of the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.

Cross References

Genesis 34:3

He was very smitten by Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke kindly to her.

2 Chronicles 30:22

Then Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who taught the good knowledge of the Lord. So they ate for the appointed seven days, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord God of their fathers.

Psalm 32:1

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Psalm 85:3

You have withdrawn all Your wrath; You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger.

Exodus 22:3

If the sun has risen on him, then there is blood guilt for him. He must make full restitution. If he has nothing, then he will be sold for his theft.

Ecclesiastes 3:4

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to lament, and a time to dance;

Isaiah 12:1

And in that day you shall say: O  Lord, I will praise You; though You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You comforted me.

Isaiah 14:3

In the day the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear, and from the hard bondage in which you were made to serve,

Isaiah 27:9

Through this, therefore, the iniquity of Jacob shall be forgiven, and this will be the full price of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are pulverized, when the groves and incense altars shall not stand.

Isaiah 33:24

The inhabitant shall not say, “I am sick”; the people who dwell there shall be forgiven their iniquity.

Isaiah 35:4

Say to those who are of a fearful heart, “Be strong, fear not. Behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; He will come and save you.”

Isaiah 43:25

I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and will not remember your sins.

Isaiah 44:22

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and your sins, as a cloud. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

Isaiah 49:25

For thus says the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the tyrant shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your sons.

Isaiah 51:17

Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of His fury; the cup of reeling you have drained to the dregs.

Isaiah 53:5

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his stripes we are healed.

Isaiah 53:6

All of us like sheep have gone astray; each of us has turned to his own way, but the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Isaiah 54:15

Indeed they shall surely assail you fiercely, but not from Me. Whoever assails you shall fall for your sake.

Isaiah 54:17

No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment, you shall condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord, and their vindication is from Me, says the Lord.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

Isaiah 6:7

And he laid it on my mouth, and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips, and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin purged.”

Isaiah 61:7

Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, and instead of humiliation they shall rejoice over their portion. Therefore, in their land they shall possess a double portion; everlasting joy shall be theirs.

Isaiah 66:13

As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 16:18

First I will doubly recompense their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable things.

Jeremiah 17:18

Let those who persecute me be humiliated, but let me not be humiliated; let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed. Bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans that I have for you, says the Lord, plans for peace and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah 51:10

The Lord has brought forth our righteousness. Come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.

Lamentations 4:22

The punishment of your iniquity, O daughter of Zion, is accomplished; He shall exile you no longer. He shall punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins!

Ezekiel 16:42

So I will make My fury toward you to rest, and My jealousy shall depart from you, and I will be quiet, and will be angry no more.

Daniel 11:35

Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be purged, purified, and made white, until the time of the end, for it is still for the appointed time.

Daniel 12:4

But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”

Daniel 12:9

And he said, “Go your way, Daniel, for these words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.

Daniel 9:12

He has confirmed His words, which He had spoken against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us great calamity. For under the whole heaven there has not been done such as has been done to Jerusalem.

Daniel 9:2

in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which were specified by the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet for the accomplishment of the desolations of Jerusalem, that is, seventy years.

Hosea 2:14

Therefore, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.

Hosea 2:16

On that day, declares the Lord, you will call Me, “My husband,” and will no longer call Me, “My Baal.”

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but it speaks of the end, and does not lie. If it delays, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay.

Zephaniah 3:15

The Lord has taken away your judgments, He has cast out your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you will see evil no more.

Zechariah 1:13

And the Lord answered the angel speaking to me with good and comforting words.

Zechariah 1:15

And I have a great anger for those nations who are at ease, for while I was angry but a little, they helped to increase evil.

Zechariah 9:12

Return to your stronghold, prisoners who now have hope. Today I declare that I will return to you a double portion.

Acts 1:7

He said to them, “It is not for you to know the times or the dates, which the Father has fixed by His own authority.

Galatians 4:4

But when the fullness of time came, God sent forth His Son, born from a woman, born under the law,

Revelation 18:6

Render to her as she has rendered to you, and repay her double for her deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix a double portion for her.