The Comfort of Zion (Isa. 51-52)

Comfort is used 17 times in Isaiah – mostly in this second part of Isaiah.

It is most famously used in chapter 40, verse 1 (twice) – "Comfort, comfort my people, says your God"

Then in 49:13 – at the transition of part 2.

And now five times our text tonight – in chapter 51:3 (twice), 51:12, 19, and 52:9.

In other words, we have come to the fulfillment of the promise of Isaiah 40 - the comfort that God has promised to his people.