Isaiah 40:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.

Warfare

That her iniquity

General references

Song of Songs 2:11

Isaiah 35:3

Romans 4:7

Bible References

Warfare

Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion; for the time to favour her, the set time, is come.

For, behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone;

For I know the thoughts that I think concerning you, said the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you the end that you wait for.

in the first year of his reign, I Daniel saw diligently in the books the number of the years, of which the LORD spoke unto Jeremiah the prophet, which would conclude the desolation of Jerusalem in seventy years.

And some of the wise shall fall to be purged and cleaned and made white, even to the time of the end because even for this there is time appointed.

But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end: many shall pass by, and knowledge shall be multiplied.

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak and not lie; though it tarry, wait for it because it will surely come; wait for it.

And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father has put under his authority only.

but when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on those that dwell in the earth?

And the seventh angel sounded the trumpet, and there were great voices in the heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are reduced unto our Lord and to his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

That her iniquity

And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will sing unto thee; though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou hast comforted me.

And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be absolved from sin.

I, even I, am he that uproots thy rebellions for mine own sake and will not remember thy sins.

I have undone, as a cloud, thy rebellions, and thy sins, as a mist, return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

Instead of your double shame, and your dishonour, they shall praise you in your inheritance; therefore in your land ye shall possess double, and ye shall have everlasting joy.

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, said the LORD, I will give my law in their souls and write it in their hearts and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, with which they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their sins, with which they have sinned against me and with which they rebelled against me.

Know ye not that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor homosexuals

General references

For, behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone;

Comfort ye the tired hands and strengthen the knees that tremble.

saying, Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered.