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

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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18 (A)Let them be ashamed who persecute me,
But (B)do not let me be put to shame;
Let them be dismayed,
But do not let me be dismayed.
Bring on them the day of doom,
And (C)destroy[a] them with double destruction!

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  1. Jeremiah 17:18 Lit. crush

18 Let my persecutors be put to shame,
    but keep me from shame;
let them be terrified,
    but keep me from terror.
Bring on them the day of disaster;
    destroy them with double destruction.(A)

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(A)Render to her just as she rendered [a]to you, and repay her double according to her works; (B)in the cup which she has mixed, (C)mix double for her.

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  1. Revelation 18:6 NU, M omit to you

Give back to her as she has given;
    pay her back(A) double(B) for what she has done.
    Pour her a double portion from her own cup.(C)

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