Isaiah 40:2

The Passion Translation

Speak tenderly from the heart to revive those in Jerusalem, and proclaim that their warfare is over. Her debt of sin is paid for, and she will not be treated as guilty. Prophesy to her that she has received from the hand of Yahweh twice as many blessings as all her sins.”

Cross References

Genesis 34:3

His heart was drawn to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter, so he sought to win her affection and spoke tenderly to her.

Psalm 32:1

What bliss belongs to the one whose rebellion has been forgiven, those whose sins are covered by blood.

Psalm 85:3

So now it’s obvious that your blazing anger has ended and the furious fire of wrath has been extinguished by your mercy.

Isaiah 12:1

In that day you will sing, “I praise you, Lord Yahweh, for even though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, and now you tenderly comfort me.

Isaiah 14:3

In that day, when the Lord Yahweh has given you rest from your pain, trouble, and cruel bondage,

Isaiah 27:9

By the mercy of Yahweh the guilt of Jacob will be forgiven. Yet the full proof of their forgiveness will be when they crush all the altars to false gods and make them into chalkstones, crushed to pieces, with neither cultic poles nor incense altars still standing.

Isaiah 33:24

No one living in Zion will say, “I am sick,” for all who live there will have their sin forgiven.

Isaiah 35:4

Say to the anxious and fearful, “Be strong and never afraid. Look, here comes your God! He is breaking through to give you victory! He comes to avenge your enemies. With divine retribution he comes to save you!”

Isaiah 43:25

I, yes I, am the One and Only, who completely erases your sins, never to be seen again. I will not remember them again. Freely I do this because of who I am!

Isaiah 44:22

I have swept away your sins like a thick cloud. I have made your guilt vanish like mist disappearing into thin air. Now come back, come back to me, for I have paid the price for you.”

Isaiah 49:25

But Yahweh says: “The prey will be freed from the mighty warrior, and captives will be rescued from a conqueror! For I will fight with those who fight with you, and I myself will save your children.

Isaiah 51:17

Wake up! Wake up! Get up, Jerusalem! You have drunk enough from the cup Yahweh handed you. It was the cup of his anger, and you’ve drained it dry— the intoxicating bowl that makes men stagger!

Isaiah 53:5

But it was because of our rebellious deeds that he was pierced and because of our sins that he was crushed. He endured the punishment that made us completely whole, and in his wounding we found our healing.

Isaiah 53:6

Like wayward sheep, we have all wandered astray. Each of us has turned from God’s paths and chosen our own way; even so, Yahweh laid the guilt of our every sin upon him.

Isaiah 54:15

If anyone dares to stir up strife against you, it is not from me! Those who challenge you will go down in defeat.

Isaiah 54:17

But I promise you, no weapon meant to hurt you will succeed, and you will refute every accusing word spoken against you. This promise is the inheritance of Yahweh’s servants, and their vindication is from me,” says Yahweh.

Isaiah 55:7

The wicked need to abandon their ways, and sinful ones need to banish every evil thought. Let them return to Yahweh, and they will experience his compassionate mercy. Yes, let them return to God, for he will lavish forgiveness upon them.

Isaiah 6:7

He touched my lips with it and said, “See? The burning coal from the altar has touched your lips. Your guilt is taken away; your sin is blotted out.”

Isaiah 61:7

Because you received a double dose of shame and dishonor, you will inherit a double portion of endless joy and everlasting bliss!

Isaiah 66:13

As a mother tenderly comforts her child, so will I tenderly comfort you, and you will find comfort in Jerusalem.”

Jeremiah 16:18

First, I will pay them back in full— even double for their evil and their sins. They have defiled my land and made it unfit for me because of their dead, detestable idols and have filled the land I have chosen for my own with their abominations.”

Jeremiah 17:18

Let those who persecute me be ashamed, and don’t let me be disgraced; let them be the ones who are disheartened and not me. Bring on them the day of disaster, and shatter them with double destruction.

Jeremiah 29:11

Here’s what Yahweh says to you: “I know all about the marvelous destiny I have in store for you, a future planned out in detail. My intention is not to harm you but to surround you with peace and prosperity and to give you a beautiful future, glistening with hope.

Jeremiah 51:10

Yahweh has judged in our favor. Come, let us tell the news in Zion, all the wonders that Yahweh our God has done!’ ”

Lamentations 4:22

Your punishment is over, fair daughter of Zion. Yahweh will never send you away into exile again. But people of Edom, he will punish your wickedness and expose your sins.

Ezekiel 16:42

“ ‘Once my fury is exhausted with you, I will calm down and let my anger die away. Then I will not be angry anymore.

Daniel 11:35

Even some of the wise leaders will stumble, yet this will lead to them being purged, purified, and made clean—until the time of the end, for the appointed time is still to come.”

Daniel 12:4

“And you, Daniel, must guard these words and keep the scroll sealed until the time of the end. Many will go here and there, and knowledge will continue to increase.”

Daniel 12:9

“You may go in peace, Daniel,” he replied. “The understanding of this message is to remain secret and sealed until the time of the end.

Daniel 9:12

You have fulfilled the words that you spoke against us and against the rulers over us by bringing upon us such a great calamity. Your severe punishment of Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven!

Daniel 9:2

During his first year of rule, I, Daniel, was studying the Scriptures and noticed that according to the word Yahweh had revealed to the prophet Jeremiah, seventy years must pass while Jerusalem lay in ruins.

Acts 1:7

He answered, “The Father is the one who sets the fixed dates and the times of their fulfillment. You are not permitted to know the timing of all that he has prepared by his own authority.

Galatians 4:4

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

Revelation 18:6

So repay to her double the same treatment that she has treated others with— pay her back double for all her deeds and make her drink twice the brew she gave to others!