Isa 40:2 | HCSB | STEP | “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem , and announce to her that her time of forced labor is over , her iniquity has been pardoned , and she has received from the Lord ’s hand double for all her sins .”

d Ex 22:7-8; Jr 16:18; Zch 9:12; Rv 18:6

Isaiah 40:2

2 “Speak tenderly to ^{▼▼Lit Speak to the heart of} Jerusalem,
and announce to her
that her time of forced labor is over,
her iniquity ^b has been pardoned, ^c
and she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.” ^d