The prophet concludes with a brilliant picture of the coming restoration of Jerusalem and of the peace and prosperity which should be the lot of all, because Jehovah was about to gather his scattered people from the east and the west and to establish them in the midst of his sacred city.  Other nations should eagerly come to Jerusalem to seek the favor of Jehovah and to ally themselves with his faithful followers, the Jews.  In a prophecy, preserved in Micah 4:1-4 and Isaiah 2:1-4 (which probably comes from this period) the same thought is nobly expressed: 

It shall come to pass in the latter days,
That the mountain of Jehovah shall be established,
Even the house of our God on the top of the mountain,
And it shall be lifted above the hills. 
All the nations shall flow to it,
And many peoples shall go and say,
Come, let us go up to Jehovah’s mount,
To the house of the God of Jacob,
That he may instruct us in his ways,
And that we may walk in his paths. 
For from Zion proceeds instruction,
And Jehovah’s word from Jerusalem.

Section XCVI.  ISRAEL’S TRAINING AND DESTINY

[Sidenote:  Isa. 40:1, 2] Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God, Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and declare to her, That her hard service is accomplished, her guilt is expiated That she hath received from Jehovah’s hand double for all her sins.

[Sidenote:  Isa. 40:3, 4] A voice is proclaiming:  In the wilderness prepare the way of Jehovah, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God!  Let every mountain and hill sink down, and every valley be lifted up, And the crooked be made straight and the rough ridges a plain.

[Sidenote:  Isa. 40:6-8] A voice is saying, Proclaim! and I said, What shall I proclaim?  All flesh is grass and all its beauty like a flower of the field.  Grass withers, flower fades, when Jehovah’s breath blows eternal upon it, Grass withers, flower fades, but the word of our God endureth forever.

[Sidenote:  Isa. 40:9] To a high mountain, get thee up, Zion’s herald of good news; Lift up mightily thy voice, Jerusalem’s herald of good news.  Lift up fearlessly, say to the cities of Judah:  Behold your God!

[Sidenote:  Isa 40:10, 11] Behold, Jehovah cometh in might, and his arm is maintaining his rule; Behold, his reward is with him and his recompense is before him, As a shepherd he will tend his flock, with his arm he will gather it, The lambs in his bosom he will bear, the ewe-mothers he will lead.

[Sidenote:  Isa. 40:12]
Who hath measured in the hollow of his hand the waters,
And ruled off the heavens with a span,
Or enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure,
And weighed the mountains in scales,
And the hills in a balance?

[Sidenote:  Isa. 40:13, 14]
Who hath determined the spirit of Jehovah,
And as his counsellor advised him? 
With whom hath he consulted for enlightenment,
And to be instructed in the right,
And to be shown the way of discernment?