Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Isaiah 40:1 in English Standard Version "Comfort, comfort my people, says your God." Isa 51:12 “I, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass, Lu 2:25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.