Cross references

Isaiah 40:1

“Comfort, comfort My people,”

says your God.

Isaiah 40:1 BSB

Isaiah 40:1 has 24 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 23 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Corinthians 1:4 (31 votes) and Isaiah 51:12 (27 votes). 33 other verses point back to it. It links with 19 other books, from Genesis 41 to Hebrews 6.

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Which verses does Isaiah 40:1 point to?

The 20 strongest of 24, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

  2. Isaiah 51:1227 votes

    “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?

  3. Isaiah 51:323 votes

    For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

  4. Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem! The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm. …

  5. Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock. For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him. …

  6. So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.

  7. Therefore encourage one another with these words.

  8. Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones. But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!” …

  9. Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her, so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance. …

  10. In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.

  11. Psalm 85:84 votes

Which verses point to Isaiah 40:1?

The 10 strongest of 33.