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Isaiah 40<\/a> marks a shift in the content of the prophet\u2019s message. Gone are the woes and pronouncements of judgment. The prophet now turns to speak words of salvation. He speaks tender words of comfort to a people who\u2019ve seen God\u2019s justice cast them out of the land. These notes from the ESV Gospel Transformation Study Bible<\/a> will help us see how Isaiah\u2019s gospel words of comfort anticipate God\u2019s salvation in Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comfort My People<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the LORD\u2019S hand double for all her sins. <\/p>\nIsaiah 40:1-2<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cComfort, comfort my people, says your God\u201d (v. 1<\/a>). When the Babylonians brought their threats of exile to Jerusalem, there was great grief. Out of this context, the book of Lamentations emerged, reverberating with sorrows and mourning the pain and loss. Again and again, in that context, we see a great longing to be consoled, but Jerusalem \u201chas none to comfort her\u201d (Lam. 1:2, 9, 17, 21<\/a>). As Isaiah records Yahweh\u2019s gracious declaration, the promise of comfort has come. It needs to be announced, believed, and rested in. Yet this proclamation was to be given \u201ctenderly,\u201d for here was God\u2019s promise that \u201cher warfare is ended\u201d and \u201cher iniquity is pardoned\u201d (Isa. 40:2<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s Eternal Word and Man\u2019s Frailty<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A voice says, \u201cCry!\u201d And I said, \u201cWhat shall I cry?\u201d All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the LORD blows on it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. <\/p>\nIsaiah 40:6-8<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA voice says, \u2018Cry!\u2019\u201d (v. 6<\/a>). The command to be a herald reminds us of Isaiah\u2019s commissioning, in which he responds to God\u2019s question, \u201cWhom shall I send, and who will go for us?\u201d (6:8<\/a>). For comfort to be received, it needs a voice to serve as the \u201cherald of good news\u201d (40:9<\/a>). It is interesting, however, that in Isaiah 40:1<\/a>, the call to \u201ccomfort\u201d is in the plural, not singular, making it clear that this comfort was to be offered through a prophetic word echoed by many (see v. 9<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The people who are to receive this news are like \u201cgrass\u201d and \u201cthe flower\u201d (vv. 7, 8<\/a>). One withers and the other fades. But in \u201cthe word of our God\u201d confidence can be maintained, for his word \u201cwill stand forever\u201d (v. 8<\/a>). Our comfort rests not in the consistency of human leaders, even ecclesial ones, but in the certainty of the divine word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heralds of Good News<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, \u201cBehold your God!\u201d Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; and will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. <\/p>\nIsaiah 40:9-11<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Here the \u201cword of God\u201d is spoken, but with the coming of the Messiah, the Word is made flesh. He will come as a shepherd who \u201cwill gather the lambs in his arms,\u201d carrying them \u201cin his bosom\u201d as a loving Lord (v. 11<\/a>) despite his great power (see vv. 12\u201317<\/a>). Jesus self-identifies with this portrait, describing himself as the \u201cgood shepherd\u201d who \u201clays down his life for the sheep\u201d (John 10:1\u201318<\/a>). The Messiah will face a withering, even unto death, but this incarnate Word, with power beyond this world, overcomes death and sin, rising from the grave and making it certain that God\u2019s Word will never die and can be trusted unto death. The apostle Peter even describes the unfading word of God of Isaiah 40:8<\/a> as the gospel message itself (1 Pet. 1:25<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The God Who Is Able<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of his might and because he is strong in power, not one is missing. <\/p>\nIsaiah 40:25-26<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The difference between the Creator and the creature is immeasurable (v. 25<\/a>). So why look to idols (v. 19<\/a>) or to other nations (v. 17<\/a>)? Instead, look to the Creator of the earth who is also the Lord of Israel\u2014their Redeemer (vv. 26\u201327<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The God Who Strengthens the Weary and Weak<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and shall walk and not faint. <\/p>\nIsaiah 40:28-31<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

When we are exhausted, when we wonder how we can continue, Isaiah reminds us not to look at ourselves and our own resources. Instead, we turn our eyes to the all-knowing (v. 27<\/a>), sustaining (vv. 22\u201326<\/a>), and creating God (v. 28<\/a>) who \u201cdoes not faint or grow weary,\u201d but rather \u201cgives power to the faint\u201d (vv. 28\u201329<\/a>). Strength from God in this context comes not from self-improvement but from waiting on the Lord, who promises to sustain us as we make this pilgrim journey (vv. 30\u201331<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As new covenant believers, we see with unprecedented clarity exactly why we are free to wait on the Lord. For God used his resources of wisdom, power, and creation to send his own Son to do all that we cannot do and to suffer the penalty of all that we have done wrongly. Nothing is left but to wait on the Lord, trusting him and walking with him in quiet confidence and courage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More Good News from the ESV Gospel Transformation Study Bible<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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