Isaiah

Isaiah 40:2

²“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.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Speak	דַּבְּר֞וּ	dab·bə·rū	Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural	H1696 speak
tenderly to	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
Jerusalem	יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
and proclaim	וְקִרְא֣וּ	wə·qir·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H7121 call, proclaim, read
to her	אֵלֶ֔יהָ	’ê·le·hā	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H413 motion to
that	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
her forced labor	צְבָאָ֔הּ	ṣə·ḇā·’āh	Noun - common singular construct; third person feminine singular	H6635 army, war, warfare
has been completed	מָֽלְאָה֙	mā·lə·’āh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H4390 be full, fill
her iniquity	עֲוֺנָ֑הּ	‘ă·wō·nāh	Noun - common singular construct; third person feminine singular	H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity
has been pardoned	נִרְצָ֖ה	nir·ṣāh	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7521 be pleased with, accept favourably
For	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
she has received	לָקְחָה֙	lā·qə·ḥāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3947 take
from the hand	מִיַּ֣ד	mî·yaḏ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H3027 hand
of the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
double	כִּפְלַ֖יִם	kip̄·la·yim	Noun - md	H3718 the double
for all	בְּכָל־	bə·ḵāl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
her sins	חַטֹּאתֶֽיהָ׃ס	ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯe·hā	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H2403 offence, penalty, occasion

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Zechariah 9:12 · Isaiah 61:7 · Hosea 2:14 · Revelation 18:6 · Jeremiah 33:8–9 · Isaiah 43:25 · Isaiah 44:22 · Song of Solomon 2:11–13 · Jeremiah 16:18 · Habakkuk 2:3 · Isaiah 35:4 · Jeremiah 29:11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.