Isaiah 40:2 meaning and explanation

“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”

Isaiah 40:2, Berean Standard Bible

Explanation preview

God speaks to the prophets, telling them to comfort Jerusalem with the news that her hard service is over. The city has been pictured as a woman enduring punishment, and now God declares that her guilt is pardoned and her debt paid.

Read and study this verse. Three complete study layers are included with Premium.

Read this verse in the app