Isaiah 40:1 meaning and explanation

“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.

Isaiah 40:1, Berean Standard Bible

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These are God's opening words in a section of Isaiah addressed to a people who have known judgment and exile. The repetition of "comfort" gives the command an urgent, tender force, and the phrase "My people" reasserts the covenant bond that their sin had seemed to break.

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