A VOICE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS PROCLAIMS THE END OF THE EXILE

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

Isaiah 40:3 The voice of him that cries in the wilderness Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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.