Yesaya 40:1

The Lord Returns to Jerusalem

40:1 “Comfort, comfort my people,”

says your ¹  God.

Yesaya 49:13

49:13 Shout for joy, O sky! ² 

Rejoice, O earth!

Let the mountains give a joyful shout!

For the Lord consoles his people

and shows compassion to the ³  oppressed.

Yesaya 51:3

51:3 Certainly the Lord will console Zion;

he will console all her ruins.

He will make her wilderness like Eden,

her desert like the Garden of the Lord.

Happiness and joy will be restored to ⁴  her,

thanksgiving and the sound of music.

Yesaya 61:2

61:2 to announce the year when the Lord will show his favor,

the day when our God will seek vengeance, ⁵ 

to console all who mourn,

[40:1]  ¹ tn The pronominal suffix is second masculine plural. The identity of the addressee is uncertain: (1) God’s people may be addressed, or (2) the unidentified heralds commanded to comfort Jerusalem.

[49:13]  ² tn Or “O heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[49:13]  ³ tn Heb “his” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[51:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “found in” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[61:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “to announce the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of our God’s vengeance.