Isaiah 40:2

Speak to the heart of Jerusalem and call out to her that her time of forced labor is finished, that the penalty for her guilt has been paid, that she has received from the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
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Treated in 8 passages across the library.

  1. A Short and Easy Method of Prayer · Jeanne Guyon

    A Word to Preachers cites Isa. xl. 2

    …He has shed for the souls He confides to your care. “Speak to the heart of Jerusalem” (Isa. xl. 2, marg.) O dispensers of His grace, preachers of His Word, ministers of sacraments!…

  2. The Key Teachings of A. W. Tozer · Ochorus Originals

    What Comes into Our Minds cites Isaiah 40. 2

    …creed, write down honestly what you actually feel God to be like. Then compare it with Isaiah 40. 2. Think back over the past week. Where did your actions reveal a smaller God than the one…

  3. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

    Discussion: Part the Second cites Isaiah xl. 2

    …invincible against the freedom of the will! Sect. CXV. — THE third passage is that in Isaiah xl. 2. — “She hath received at the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.” — “Jerome (says the…

  4. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 3 — Every Thing Proceeding from the Corrupt Nature of Man Damnable cites Isaiah 40:2

    …the people,” yet that he should “arise” upon it, and “his glory” should be seen upon it (Isaiah 40:2). When it is thus declared that divine light is to arise on the Church alone, all without…

  5. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Frost and Thaw cites Isaiah 40:2

    …(ESV) God sends his word, saying, “Your warfare is ended, your iniquity is pardoned.” — Isaiah 40:2 (ESV) When that blessed, cheering word comes with power to the soul, and the sweet breath…

  6. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 4 — Penitence, as Explained in the Sophistical Jargon of the Schoolmen, Widely Different from the Purity Required by the Gospel cites Isa. 40:2

    …iniquity is pardoned; for she has received of the Lord’s hands double for all her sins,” (Isa. 40:2), proves not that the pardon of sin depends on freedom from punishment. It is just as if…

  7. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Being of God cites Isa 40:02

    …He who can span the heavens, and weigh the earth in scales, must needs be infinite. Isa 40:02. Vorstius maintains that God is in all places at once, but not in regard of his essence…

  8. Spurgeon on the Holy Spirit · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Withering Work of the Spirit cites Isaiah 40:1-11

    …The Lord bless you, for Jesus’ sake. Amen. PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON—Isaiah 40:1-11; Luke 3:1-17; and 1 Peter 1:17-25.

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