COMFORT = END OF THE EXILE

Isaiah 40:1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people says your God.

Isaiah 40:2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem and cry unto her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she has received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.

Isaiah 40:10 Behold the Lord GOD will come with strong hand and his arm shall rule for him: behold his reward is with him and his work [ingathering of the exiles] before him.

Isaiah 40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom and shall gently lead those that are with young.