Isaiah 40:2

New International Version

Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.

Cross References

Genesis 34:3

His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

2 Chronicles 30:22

Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites, who showed good understanding of the service of the Lord. For the seven days they ate their assigned portion and offered fellowship offerings and praised the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

Psalm 32:1

Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Psalm 85:3

You set aside all your wrath and turned from your fierce anger.

Exodus 22:3

but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed. “Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft.

Ecclesiastes 3:4

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

Isaiah 12:1

In that day you will say: “I will praise you, Lord. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me.

Isaiah 14:3

On the day the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on you,

Isaiah 27:9

By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: When he makes all the altar stones to be like limestone crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing.

Isaiah 33:24

No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”; and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.

Isaiah 35:4

say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you.”

Isaiah 43:25

“I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.

Isaiah 44:22

I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.”

Isaiah 49:25

But this is what the Lord says: “Yes, captives will be taken from warriors, and plunder retrieved from the fierce; I will contend with those who contend with you, and your children I will save.

Isaiah 51:17

Awake, awake! Rise up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath, you who have drained to its dregs the goblet that makes people stagger.

Isaiah 53:5

But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

Isaiah 53:6

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Isaiah 54:15

If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing; whoever attacks you will surrender to you.

Isaiah 54:17

no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the Lord.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Isaiah 6:7

With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”

Isaiah 61:7

Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.

Isaiah 66:13

As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.”

Jeremiah 16:18

I will repay them double for their wickedness and their sin, because they have defiled my land with the lifeless forms of their vile images and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols.”

Jeremiah 17:18

Let my persecutors be put to shame, but keep me from shame; let them be terrified, but keep me from terror. Bring on them the day of disaster; destroy them with double destruction.

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Jeremiah 51:10

“ ‘The Lord has vindicated us; come, let us tell in Zion what the Lord our God has done.’

Lamentations 4:22

Your punishment will end, Daughter Zion; he will not prolong your exile. But he will punish your sin, Daughter Edom, and expose your wickedness.

Ezekiel 16:42

Then my wrath against you will subside and my jealous anger will turn away from you; I will be calm and no longer angry.

Daniel 11:35

Some of the wise will stumble, so that they may be refined, purified and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.

Daniel 12:4

But you, Daniel, roll up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.”

Daniel 12:9

He replied, “Go your way, Daniel, because the words are rolled up and sealed until the time of the end.

Daniel 9:12

You have fulfilled the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing on us great disaster. Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.

Daniel 9:2

in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the Lord given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.

Hosea 2:14

“Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her.

Hosea 2:16

“In that day,” declares the Lord, “you will call me ‘my husband’; you will no longer call me ‘my master.’

Habakkuk 2:3

For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.

Zephaniah 3:15

The Lord has taken away your punishment, he has turned back your enemy. The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you; never again will you fear any harm.

Zechariah 1:13

So the Lord spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.

Zechariah 1:15

and I am very angry with the nations that feel secure. I was only a little angry, but they went too far with the punishment.’

Zechariah 9:12

Return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope; even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.

Acts 1:7

He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.

Galatians 4:4

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

Revelation 18:6

Give back to her as she has given; pay her back double for what she has done. Pour her a double portion from her own cup.