Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 40:2

2 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 LORDS hand double for all her sins.

Proclaim it in my name.

The time of her servitude, and captivity, and misery.

I am reconciled to her; I will not impute sin to her, to punish her any longer for it.

Not twice as much as her sins deserved, for she her self confessed the contrary, Ezra 9. 1[illegible: 1+ letters] ▪ Lament. 3. 22. but abundantly enough to answer Gods design in this chastilement, which was to humble and reform them, and to warn others by their example. Double is oft put for abundantly, as Isa. 61. 7. Ier. 16. 18. and 17. 18. God here speaks of himself after the manner of men, and compareth himself to a tender-hearted Father, who when he hath corrected his Child for his misdemeanour relenteth and repenteth of his severity, and casteth his Rod away.

Marginal references: Heb. to the heart.; Or, appointed time.; Jer. 16. 18. Lam. 1. 12. Dan. 9. 12.