Isaiah 40:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.

Cross References

Genesis 34:3

And his soul 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 skill in the service of the Lord. So the people ate the food of the festival for seven days, sacrificing offerings of well-being and giving thanks to the Lord the God of their ancestors.

Psalm 32:1

Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Psalm 85:3

You withdrew all your wrath; you turned from your hot anger.

Exodus 22:3

but if it happens after sunrise, bloodguilt is incurred.) The thief shall make full restitution or, if unable to do so, shall be sold for the 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

You will say on that day: “I will give thanks to you, O Lord, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, and you comforted me.

Isaiah 14:3

When the Lord has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve,

Isaiah 27:9

Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be expiated, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces; no sacred poles or incense altars will remain standing.

Isaiah 33:24

And no inhabitant will say, “I am sick”; the people who live there will be forgiven their iniquity.

Isaiah 35:4

Say to those who are of a fearful heart, “Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you.”

Isaiah 43:25

I alone am the one who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.

Isaiah 44:22

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

Isaiah 49:25

But thus says the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty will be taken, and the prey of the tyrant will be rescued, for I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.

Isaiah 51:17

Rouse yourself, rouse yourself! Stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the cup of staggering.

Isaiah 53:5

But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed.

Isaiah 53:6

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

Isaiah 54:15

If anyone stirs up strife, it is not from me; whoever stirs up strife with you shall fall because of you.

Isaiah 54:17

No weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, says the Lord.

Isaiah 55:7

let the wicked forsake their way and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Isaiah 6:7

The seraph touched my mouth with it and said, “Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.”

Isaiah 61:7

Because their shame was double and dishonor was proclaimed as their lot, therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion; everlasting joy shall be theirs.

Isaiah 66:13

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

Jeremiah 16:18

And I will doubly repay their iniquity and their sin because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable idols and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.

Jeremiah 17:18

Let my persecutors be shamed, but do not let me be shamed; let them be dismayed, but do not let me be dismayed; bring on them the day of disaster; destroy them with double destruction!

Jeremiah 29:11

For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.

Jeremiah 51:10

The Lord has brought forth our vindication; come, let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.

Lamentations 4:22

The punishment of your iniquity, O daughter Zion, is accomplished; he will keep you in exile no longer; but your iniquity, O daughter Edom, he will punish; he will uncover your sins.

Ezekiel 16:42

So I will satisfy my fury on you, and my jealousy shall turn away from you; I will be calm and will be angry no longer.

Daniel 11:35

Some of the wise shall fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and cleansed, until the time of the end, for there is still an interval until the time appointed.

Daniel 12:4

But you, Daniel, keep the words secret and the book sealed until the time of the end. Many shall be running back and forth, and evil shall increase.”

Daniel 12:9

He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are to remain secret and sealed until the time of the end.

Daniel 9:12

He has confirmed his words that he spoke against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a calamity so great that what has been done against Jerusalem has never before been done under the whole heaven.

Daniel 9:2

I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremiah, must be fulfilled for the devastation of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.

Hosea 2:14

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

Hosea 2:16

On that day, says the Lord, you will call me “my husband,” and no longer will you call me “my Baal.”

Habakkuk 2:3

For there is still a vision for the appointed time; it speaks of the end and does not lie. If it seems to tarry, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.

Zephaniah 3:15

The Lord has taken away the judgments against you; he has turned away your enemies. The king of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you shall fear disaster no more.

Zechariah 1:13

Then the Lord replied with gracious and comforting words to the angel who spoke with me.

Zechariah 1:15

and I am extremely angry with the nations that are at ease, for while I was only a little angry, they made the disaster worse.

Zechariah 9:12

Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.

Acts 1:7

He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set 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

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