Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
SECOND PART OF THE PROPHECIES OF ISAIAH. (Isa. 40:1-31)
Comfort ye, comfort ye—twice repeated to give double assurance. Having announced the coming captivity of the Jews in Babylon, God now desires His servants, the prophets (Isaiah 52:7), to comfort them. The scene is laid in Babylon; the time, near the close of the captivity; the ground of comfort is the speedy ending of the captivity, the Lord Himself being their leader.
my people . . . your God—correlatives (Jeremiah 31:33; Hosea 1:9-10). It is God's covenant relation with His people, and His "word" of promise (Isaiah 40:8) to their forefathers, which is the ground of His interposition in their behalf, after having for a time chastised them (Isaiah 54:8).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 40:1:
Isaiah 40:6
Isaiah 40:9
Isaiah 51:12
Isaiah 66:13
Nahum 1:12-14
Zechariah 1:17
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