Cross references

Isaiah 40:2

“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.”

Isaiah 40:2 BSB

Isaiah 40:2 has 35 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 15 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Zechariah 9:12 (19 votes) and Isaiah 61:7 (16 votes). 44 other verses point back to it. It links with 26 other books, from Genesis 34 to Revelation 18.

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Which verses does Isaiah 40:2 point to?

The 20 strongest of 35, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.

  2. Isaiah 61:716 votes

    Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.

  3. Hosea 2:1413 votes

    “Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.

  4. And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me. So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it.

  5. Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.

  6. I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

  7. For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land. …

  8. I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

  9. And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”

  10. Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”

  11. 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.

  12. Psalm 32:13 votes

Which verses point to Isaiah 40:2?

The 10 strongest of 44.