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Isaiah 40:25-31
Comfort for God’s People
April 26, 2026
Overview & Insights
“Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.” (Isaiah 40:1)
So Isaiah 39, set in Isaiah’s own day, envisages the future deportation of Judeans to Babylon. Isaiah 40–55, however, is set in the time after this deportation has happened. It does not say “In days to come God will send a message of comfort to people who have been punished,” in the manner of a passage such as 30:19–26. It says, rather, “God is now comforting you who have been punished.” The traditional view is that these chapters were written by Isaiah ben Amoz, and we may assume that God could have revealed to Isaiah the message to be addressed to the people in Babylon 150 years after Isaiah’s day. But the way the chapters themselves speak suggests that they are rather words of comfort that God gave in the here and now of suffering through the pastoral ministry of a poet whom God called to be a new Isaiah for people who had long been under judgment.
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Commentary
Isaiah 40 Commentary: Comfort and Strength for God's People Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik covers the incomparable Holy One and those who wait on the LORD renewing their strength.
Isaiah 40:21-31: What Can You Reasonably Expect from God? Center for Excellence in Preaching
Reformed sermon commentary from Calvin Seminary on the exact span that holds verses 25 to 31.
Isaiah 40:31 Commentary Precept Austin
In-depth phrase-by-phrase study of the wait upon the LORD and mount up with wings promise that closes this reading.
Isaiah 40:25 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentators on the To whom will you liken me question that opens the passage.
Background & Word Study
Isaiah - Enter the Bible Enter the Bible
Book portal with the historical setting of Second Isaiah and its comfort message to the exiles.
Isaiah 40 | Sefaria Sefaria
Hebrew text with the JPS translation and Jewish commentary for the chapter.
Isaiah 40:25 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew-English interlinear with parsing for qadosh (Holy One) and yaaph and yaga (faint and weary).
Book of Isaiah Summary: Watch an Overview Video BibleProject
Animated overview placing chapter 40 at the hinge into the book of comfort.
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What is the comfort of Isaiah 40?
God announces the end of exile with a voice crying in the wilderness to prepare his way; he comes with might yet tends his flock like a shepherd, gathering the lambs in his arms.
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