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Isaiah 40:10

The New Testament’s use of Isaiah

2 places · 2 kinds of echo

The source

Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.

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Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.

Allusion1

A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.

Rev 22:10–13

'Behold, the Lord GOD comes... his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.' Direct source for 'My reward is with me.' LXX and Hebrew agree (misthos).

High confidence

Echo1

A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.

Rev 22:6–9

'Behold, the Lord GOD comes... his reward is with him.' The coming-with-recompense formula introduced here ('Behold, I come quickly') is fully developed in 22:12; Isa 40:10 is its base text. LXX and Hebrew agree on misthos/reward.

Medium confidence
Elsewhere in Isaiah 40
Isaiah 40:1 5Isaiah 40:2 2Isaiah 40:3 9Isaiah 40:3-5 2Isaiah 40:4 2Isaiah 40:5 2Isaiah 40:6-8 7Isaiah 40:8 5Isaiah 40:11 6Isaiah 40:13 2Isaiah 40:31 3