Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her [a]warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned; for she hath received of the Lord’s hand [b]double for all her sins.

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  1. Isaiah 40:2 The time of her affliction.
  2. Isaiah 40:2 Meaning, sufficient, as Isa. 61:7, and full correction, or double grace, whereas she deserved double punishment.

A [a]voice crieth in the [b]wilderness, [c]Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make straight in the desert a path for our God.

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  1. Isaiah 40:3 To wit, of the Prophets.
  2. Isaiah 40:3 That is, in Babylon and other places, where they were kept in captivity, and misery.
  3. Isaiah 40:3 Meaning Cyrus and Darius which should deliver God’s people out of captivity, and make them a ready way to Jerusalem: and this was fully accomplished, when John the Baptist brought tidings of Jesus Christ’s coming, who was the true deliverer of his Church from sin and Satan, Matt. 3:3.

A [a]voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the [b]grace thereof is as the flowers of the field.

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  1. Isaiah 40:6 The voice of God which spake to the Prophet Isaiah.
  2. Isaiah 40:6 Meaning, all man’s wisdom and natural powers, James 1:10; 1 Pet. 1:24.

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