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Isaiah 40

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31 verses in KJV · 482 outgoing cross-reference links

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Opening verses of Isaiah 40 (KJV)

40:1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

40:2 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.

40:3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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Historical / attribution context

Traditional writer attribution: Isaiah

Approximate study chronology: c. 712 BC

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