1. Comfort ye, comfort ye —twice repeated to give double assurance. Having announced the coming captivity of the Jews in Babylon, God now desires His servants, the prophets ( Isaiah 52:7 ), to comfort them. The scene is laid in Babylon; the time, near the close of the captivity; the ground of comfort is the speedy ending of the captivity, the Lord Himself being their leader. my people . . . your God —correlatives ( Jeremiah 31:33 ; Hosea 1:9 ; Hosea 1:10 ). It is God's covenant relation with His people, and His "word" of promise ( Isaiah 40:8 ) to their forefathers, which is the ground of His interposition in their behalf, after having for a time chastised them ( Isaiah 40:8- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"
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