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Isaiah 40:2

Jerusalem
ForgivenessGuilt and conscienceComfortGrace

1 “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.

“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.”

3 A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

4 Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.

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BSB
“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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
“Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.”
ASV
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she hath received of Jehovah`s hand double for all her sins.
DARBY
Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her time of suffering is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned; for she hath received of Jehovah's hand double for all her sins.
BLB
“Speak upon the heart of Jerusalem, and call out to her, that her service has been fulfilled, that her iniquity has been pardoned, for she has received from the hand of YHWH double for all her sins.”
ÅB
Tal vennlig til Jerusalem og rop til det at dets strid er endt, at dets skyld er betalt, at det av Herrens hånd har fått dobbelt for alle sine synder.
OTB
Tal vennlig til Jerusalem og forkynn for henne at hennes strid er endt, at hennes skyld er fjernet, at hun har mottatt fra Herrens hånd dobbelt for alle sine synder.
B1930
Tal vennlig til Jerusalem og rop til det at dets strid er endt, at dets skyld er betalt, at det av Herrens hånd har fått dobbelt for alle sine synder.

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