a: Is 12:1; 49:13; 51:3, 12; 52:9; 61:2; 66:13; Jer 31:10-14; Zeph 3:14-17; 2 Cor 1:4
Isa. 40:2b: Is 41:11-13; 49:25; 54:15, 17
d: Jer 16:18; Zech 9:12; Rev 18:6
1: Lit to the heart of
2: Or hard service
3: Or penalty of iniquity accepted as paid off
Isa. 40:3a: Matt 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4-6; John 1:23
1: Or of one calling out
Isa. 40:51: Or In order that the
Isa. 40:6a: Job 14:2; Ps 102:11; 103:15; 1 Pet 1:24, 25
1: Another reading is I said
2: Or constancy
Isa. 40:7b: Job 4:9; 41:21; Is 11:4; 40:24
1: Or Because
Isa. 40:8 Isa. 40:9 Isa. 40:101: Heb YHWH, usually rendered L\{ORD/}
Isa. 40:11a: Jer 31:10; Ezek 34:12-14, 23, 31; Mic 5:4; John 10:11, 14-16
Isa. 40:12a: Job 38:8-11; Ps 102:25, 26; Is 48:13; Heb 1:10-12
1: DSS reads waters of the sea
2: Or half cubit; i.e. 9 in.
3: Lit contained or comprehended
Isa. 40:131: Or measured, marked off
Isa. 40:14 Isa. 40:151: Or coastlands
Isa. 40:16a: Ps 50:9-11; Mic 6:6, 7; Heb 10:5-9
Isa. 40:171: Or void
Isa. 40:18a: Ex 8:10; 15:11; 1 Sam 2:2; Is 40:25; 46:5; Mic 7:18; Acts 17:29
Isa. 40:19a: Ps 115:4-8; Is 41:7; 44:10; Hab 2:18, 19
1: Or graven image
Isa. 40:20b: 1 Sam 5:3, 4; Is 41:7; 46:7
1: Or set up
2: Or a graven image
Isa. 40:21a: Ps 19:1; 50:6; Is 37:26; Acts 14:17; Rom 1:19
Isa. 40:22c: Job 9:8; Is 37:16; 42:5; 44:24
1: Or is enthroned
2: Or vault
Isa. 40:23a: Job 12:21; Ps 107:40; Is 34:12
1: Or void
Isa. 40:241: Or Not even
1: Or Not even
1: Or Not even
Isa. 40:25 Isa. 40:261: So DSS and ancient versions; M.T. strong
Isa. 40:27c: Job 27:2; 34:5; Luke 18:7, 8
1: Lit passes by my God
Isa. 40:28 Isa. 40:29 Isa. 40:30 Isa. 40:31a: Job 17:9; Ps 103:5; 2 Cor 4:8-10, 16
b: Ex 19:4; Deut 32:11; Luke 18:1; 2 Cor 4:1, 16; Gal 6:9; Heb 12:3
1: Or hope in
2: Or sprout wings
3: Or pinions