The Prophecy of Isaiah

The purpose of this discourse is given in chap. 40: "Comfort ye my people," saith your God. The prophecy of Isaiah is a prophecy of comfort. Let this statement not be misunderstood. The meaning is not that the discourses of the other prophets have no comfort for the believers or that it was not the mission of these others to speak comfortable words; what is meant is that the prophecy of Isaiah is pre-eminently a prophecy of comfort and that he more than the others gave utterance to comforting...