And he set combat commanders over the people and gathered them together to him in the square at the gate of the city and spoke (A)encouragingly to them, saying,

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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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(A)Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
    and cry to her
that (B)her warfare[a] is ended,
    that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord's hand
    double for all her sins.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:2 Or hardship

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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