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full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/isaiah/40.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/40.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/40.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/40.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/40.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/40.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” Says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/40.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/40.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Comfort, O comfort My people,&#8221 says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/40.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/40.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/40.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/40.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/40.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Comfort, comfort My people,&#8221 says your God.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/40.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/40.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Our God has said: "Encourage my people! Give them comfort. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/40.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/40.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Comfort my people! Comfort them!" says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/40.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Comfort my people," says our God. "Comfort them! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/40.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Comfort! Yes, comfort my people," says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/40.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Comfort, comfort My people,? says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/40.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Comfort, comfort my people," says your God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/40.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Comfort, comfort my people," says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/40.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/40.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/40.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/40.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Comfort ye, comfort ye, My people, saith your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/40.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, will your God say.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/40.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />BE comforted, be comforted, my people, saith your God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/40.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“Be consoled, be consoled, O my people!” says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/40.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/40.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/40.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, says your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/40.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“Comfort her, comfort my people”, says your God<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/40.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, Saith your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/40.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/40-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=8442" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/40.htm">Prepare the Way for the LORD</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5162.htm" title="5162: na·ḥă·mū (V-Piel-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. Breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. to pity, console or rue; or to avenge.">“Comfort,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5162.htm" title="5162: na·ḥă·mū (V-Piel-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. Breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. to pity, console or rue; or to avenge.">comfort</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">My people,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: yō·mar (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>“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.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-3.htm">2 Corinthians 1:3-4</a></span><br />Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, / who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-4.htm">Matthew 5:4</a></span><br />Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-16.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:16-17</a></span><br />Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope, / encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-16.htm">John 14:16-18</a></span><br />And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever— / the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you. / I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/15-4.htm">Romans 15:4-5</a></span><br />For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope. / Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-6.htm">2 Corinthians 7:6</a></span><br />But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-13.htm">Isaiah 49:13</a></span><br />Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-3.htm">Isaiah 51:3</a></span><br />For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">Isaiah 61:1-2</a></span><br />The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, / to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-13.htm">Jeremiah 31:13</a></span><br />Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/1-13.htm">Zechariah 1:13</a></span><br />So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-31.htm">Lamentations 3:31-33</a></span><br />For the Lord will not cast us off forever. / Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion. / For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/23-4.htm">Psalm 23:4</a></span><br />Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/71-21.htm">Psalm 71:21</a></span><br />You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-50.htm">Psalm 119:50</a></span><br />This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Comfort you, comfort you my people, said your God.</p><p class="hdg">comfort</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/3-10.htm">Isaiah 3:10</a></b></br> Say ye to the righteous, that <i>it shall be</i> well <i>with him</i>: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/35-3.htm">Isaiah 35:3,4</a></b></br> Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/41-10.htm">Isaiah 41:10-14,27</a></b></br> Fear thou not; for I <i>am</i> with thee: be not dismayed; for I <i>am</i> thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/32-11.htm">Comfort</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/49-13.htm">Comfort</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 40</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/40-1.htm">The promulgation of the Gospel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/40-3.htm">The preaching of John Baptist foretold</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/40-9.htm">The preaching of the apostles foretold</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm">The prophet, by the omnipotence of God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/40-18.htm">And his incomparableness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/40-26.htm">Comforts the people.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/40.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/40.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Comfort, comfort My people,</b><br>This phrase marks a significant shift in the book of Isaiah, moving from themes of judgment to themes of consolation and hope. The repetition of "comfort" emphasizes the depth of God's compassion and the certainty of His promise. Historically, this message was directed to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile, a period of great suffering and longing for deliverance. Theologically, it reflects God's enduring covenant with His people, despite their disobedience. This comfort is not just emotional but is rooted in the assurance of God's future actions. The call to comfort is also seen as a foreshadowing of the coming of Jesus Christ, who is the ultimate source of comfort and salvation for humanity, as seen in the New Testament (e.g., <a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a>).<p><b>says your God.</b><br>This phrase reaffirms the personal relationship between God and His people. The possessive "your" indicates a covenantal bond, reminding the Israelites that despite their current circumstances, they remain God's chosen people. This assurance is crucial for a people in exile, as it reinforces their identity and God's faithfulness. The declaration "says your God" underscores the authority and reliability of the message. It connects to other scriptural affirmations of God's promises, such as in <a href="/deuteronomy/7-9.htm">Deuteronomy 7:9</a>, which speaks of God's faithfulness to His covenant. This phrase also points to the prophetic nature of Isaiah's message, as it is God Himself who speaks through the prophet, ensuring that the words are not merely human consolation but divine assurance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who conveyed God's messages to the people of Israel. He is the author of the Book of Isaiah, which contains prophecies and messages of both judgment and hope.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, who is addressing His people through the prophet Isaiah. God is portrayed as a compassionate and comforting presence.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The primary audience of this message. At this time, they were experiencing or anticipating hardship and exile, and God is offering them comfort and hope.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, the context of <a href="/bsb/isaiah/40.htm">Isaiah 40</a> is often associated with the period of Babylonian captivity, a time of great distress for the Israelites.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city that represents the heart of the Jewish people and their spiritual center, often addressed in Isaiah's prophecies.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_compassionate_nature.htm">God's Compassionate Nature</a></b><br>God is inherently compassionate and desires to comfort His people. This reflects His character and His relationship with us as a loving Father.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_times_of_distress.htm">Hope in Times of Distress</a></b><br>Just as God offered comfort to Israel during their trials, He offers us hope and reassurance in our own times of difficulty.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets_and_messengers.htm">The Role of Prophets and Messengers</a></b><br>God uses His prophets and messengers to convey His words of comfort and hope. We, too, can be vessels of God's comfort to others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_listening_to_god's_voice.htm">The Importance of Listening to God's Voice</a></b><br>In times of trouble, it is crucial to listen for God's voice, which often comes with messages of comfort and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_promise_of_restoration.htm">The Promise of Restoration</a></b><br>God's comfort is often accompanied by a promise of future restoration and renewal, encouraging us to trust in His plans.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_40.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 40</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_believers_as_royal_priests.htm">What does 'the grass withers and flowers fade' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_god_witness_sin.htm">What does 'consolation of Israel' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'consolation_of_israel'_mean.htm">What does "consolation of Israel" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/where_do_you_find_comfort_in_trouble.htm">Where do you find comfort in times of trouble?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/40.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>XL.</span><p>(1) <span class= "bld">Comfort ye . . .</span>--I start with the assumption that the great prophetic poem that follows is the work of Isaiah himself, referring to the <span class= "ital">Introduction </span>for the discussion of all questions connected with its authorship and arrangement. It has a link, as has been noticed, with the earlier collection of his writings in <a href="/context/isaiah/35-9.htm" title="No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:">Isaiah 35:9-10</a>. The prophet's mind is obviously projected at the outset into the future, which it had been given him to see, when the time of punishment and discipline was to be succeeded, having done its work, by blessedness and peace. The key-note is struck in the opening words. The phrase "my people" is a distinct echo of Hos. ii. 1. <span class= "ital">Lo Ammi </span>(<span class= "ital">i.e. </span>"not my people,") has been brought back to his true position as <span class= "ital">Ammi </span>(<span class= "ital">i.e. </span>"my people").<p><span class= "bld">Saith your God.</span>--Noticeable as a formula which is at once peculiar to Isaiah and common to both his volumes (<a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm" title="To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? said the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.">Isaiah 1:11</a>; <a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm" title="Come now, and let us reason together, said the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.">Isaiah 1:18</a>; <a href="/isaiah/33-10.htm" title="Now will I rise, said the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.">Isaiah 33:10</a>; <a href="/isaiah/41-21.htm" title="Produce your cause, said the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, said the King of Jacob.">Isaiah 41:21</a>; <a href="/isaiah/66-9.htm" title="Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? said the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? said your God.">Isaiah 66:9</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/40.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Comfort ye, comfort ye my people</span>. The key-note is struck at once. With that iteration which is his favourite mode of emphasizing what is important (see the comment on Isaiah 38:11), the prophet declares that he and his brethren have a direct mission from God to "comfort" Israel. Note the encouragement contained in the expressions, "my people," and "your God." Israel is not cast off, even when most deeply afflicted. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/40-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“Comfort,</span><br /><span class="heb">נַחֲמ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(na·ḥă·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5162.htm">Strong's 5162: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">comfort</span><br /><span class="heb">נַחֲמ֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(na·ḥă·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5162.htm">Strong's 5162: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My people,”</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמִּ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹאמַ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(yō·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your God.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/40-1.htm">Isaiah 40:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/40-1.htm">Isaiah 40:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/40-1.htm">Isaiah 40:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/40-1.htm">Isaiah 40:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/40-1.htm">Isaiah 40:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/40-1.htm">Isaiah 40:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/40-1.htm">Isaiah 40:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/40-1.htm">Isaiah 40:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/40-1.htm">Isaiah 40:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/40-1.htm">Isaiah 40:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/40-1.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 40:1 Comfort comfort my people says your God (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/39-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 39:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 39:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/40-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 40:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 40:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>