Isaiah 40:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her service has ended, that her guilt is expiated, That she has received from the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.

Cross References

Genesis 34:3

He was strongly attracted to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and was in love with the young woman. So he spoke affectionately to her.

2 Chronicles 30:22

Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who had shown themselves well skilled in the service of the Lord. And when they had completed the seven days of festival, sacrificing communion offerings and singing praises to the Lord, the God of their ancestors,

Psalm 32:1

Of David. A maskil. Blessed is the one whose fault is removed, whose sin is forgiven.

Psalm 85:3

You forgave the guilt of your people, pardoned all their sins. Selah

Exodus 22:3

If what he stole is found alive in his possession, be it an ox, a donkey or a sheep, he shall make twofold restitution.

Ecclesiastes 3:4

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.

Isaiah 12:1

On that day, you will say: I give you thanks, O Lord; though you have been angry with me, your anger has abated, and you have consoled me.

Isaiah 14:3

On the day when the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow and turmoil, from the hard service with which you served,

Isaiah 27:9

This, then, shall be the expiation of Jacob’s guilt, this the result of removing his sin: He shall pulverize all the stones of the altars like pieces of chalk; no asherahs or incense altars shall stand.

Isaiah 33:24

No one who dwells there will say, “I am sick”; the people who live there will be forgiven their guilt.

Isaiah 35:4

Say to the fearful of heart: Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God, he comes with vindication; With divine recompense he comes to save you.

Isaiah 43:25

It is I, I, who wipe out, for my own sake, your offenses; your sins I remember no more.

Isaiah 44:22

I have brushed away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like a mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Isaiah 49:25

Thus says the Lord: Yes, captives can be taken from a warrior, and plunder rescued from a tyrant; Those who oppose you I will oppose, and your sons I will save.

Isaiah 51:17

Wake up, wake up! Arise, Jerusalem, You who drank at the Lord’s hand the cup of his wrath; Who drained to the dregs the bowl of staggering!

Isaiah 53:5

But he was pierced for our sins, crushed for our iniquity. He bore the punishment that makes us whole, by his wounds we were healed.

Isaiah 53:6

We had all gone astray like sheep, all following our own way; But the Lord laid upon him the guilt of us all.

Isaiah 54:15

If there be an attack, it is not my doing; whoever attacks shall fall before you.

Isaiah 54:17

Every weapon fashioned against you shall fail; every tongue that brings you to trial you shall prove false. This is the lot of the servants of the Lord, their vindication from me—oracle of the Lord.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake their way, and sinners their thoughts; Let them turn to the Lord to find mercy; to our God, who is generous in forgiving.

Isaiah 6:7

He touched my mouth with it. “See,” he said, “now that this has touched your lips, your wickedness is removed, your sin purged.”

Isaiah 61:7

Because their shame was twofold and disgrace was proclaimed their portion, They will possess twofold in their own land; everlasting joy shall be theirs.

Isaiah 66:13

As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you; in Jerusalem you shall find your comfort.

Jeremiah 16:18

I will at once repay them double for their crime and their sin because they profaned my land with the corpses of their detestable idols, and filled my heritage with their abominations.

Jeremiah 17:18

Let my persecutors be confounded—not me! let them be terrified—not me! Bring upon them the day of disaster, crush them with double destruction. Observance of the Sabbath.

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know well the plans I have in mind for you—oracle of the Lord—plans for your welfare and not for woe, so as to give you a future of hope.

Jeremiah 51:10

The Lord has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the Lord, our God, has done.

Lamentations 4:22

Your punishment is completed, daughter Zion, the Lord will not prolong your exile; The Lord will punish your iniquity, daughter Edom, will lay bare your sins.

Ezekiel 16:42

When I have spent my fury upon you I will stop being jealous about you, and calm down, no longer angry.

Daniel 11:35

Some of those with insight shall stumble so that they may be tested, refined, and purified, until the end time which is still appointed to come.

Daniel 12:4

“As for you, Daniel, keep secret the message and seal the book until the end time; many shall wander aimlessly and evil shall increase.”

Daniel 12:9

“Go, Daniel,” he said, “because the words are to be kept secret and sealed until the end time.

Daniel 9:12

He fulfilled the words he spoke against us and against those who ruled us, by bringing upon us an evil—no evil so great has happened under heaven as happened in Jerusalem.

Daniel 9:2

in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years the Lord had decreed to the prophet Jeremiah: Jerusalem was to lie in ruins for seventy years.

Hosea 2:14

I will lay waste her vines and fig trees, of which she said, “These are the fees my lovers have given me”; I will turn them into rank growth and wild animals shall devour them.

Hosea 2:16

Therefore, I will allure her now; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak persuasively to her.

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is a witness for the appointed time, a testimony to the end; it will not disappoint. If it delays, wait for it, it will surely come, it will not be late.

Zephaniah 3:15

The Lord has removed the judgment against you, he has turned away your enemies; The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst, you have no further misfortune to fear.

Zechariah 1:13

To the angel who spoke with me, the Lord replied favorably, with comforting words. Oracular Response.

Zechariah 1:15

I am consumed with anger toward the complacent nations; When I was only a little angry, they compounded the disaster.

Zechariah 9:12

Return to a fortress, O prisoners of hope; This very day, I announce I am restoring double to you.

Acts 1:7

He answered them, “It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has established by his own authority.

Galatians 4:4

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

Revelation 18:6

Pay her back as she has paid others. Pay her back double for her deeds. Into her cup pour double what she poured.