He appointed military officers over the people and assembled them before him in the square at the city gate and encouraged them with these words:

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And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,

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Then he set military captains over the people, gathered them together to him in the open square of the city gate, and (A)gave them encouragement, saying,

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Speak tenderly(A) to Jerusalem,
    and proclaim to her
that her hard service(B) has been completed,(C)
    that her sin has been paid for,(D)
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
    double(E) for all her sins.

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Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.

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“Speak [a]comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her,
That her warfare is ended,
That her iniquity is pardoned;
(A)For she has received from the Lord’s hand
Double for all her sins.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:2 Lit. to the heart of

13 So the Lord spoke(A) kind and comforting words(B) to the angel who talked with me.(C)

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13 And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.

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13 And the Lord answered the angel who talked to me, with (A)good and comforting words.

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