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Isaiah 40:2

Isaiah 40:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

comfortably: Heb. to the heart, Genesis 34:3; 2 Chronicles 30:22; Hosea 2:14 *marg.

warfare: or, appointed time, Psalms 102:13-28; Song of Solomon 2:11-13; Jeremiah 29:11; Daniel 9:2, Daniel 9:24-27, Daniel 11:35, Daniel 12:4, Daniel 12:9; Habakkuk 2:3; Acts 1:7; Galatians 4:4; Revelation 6:10-11, Revelation 11:15-18

that her iniquity: Isaiah 12:1, Isaiah 33:24, Isaiah 43:25, Isaiah 44:22, Isaiah 61:7; Psalms 32:1; Jeremiah 31:33-34, Jeremiah 33:8-9; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

double: Isaiah 61:7; Job 42:10-12; Jeremiah 16:18, Jeremiah 17:18; Daniel 9:12; Zechariah 1:15, Zechariah 9:12; Revelation 18:6

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