Places in Isaiah 40

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Places

Place Possible identifications (tap to highlight on the map)
Jerusalem
Isa 40:2, 40:9
  1. aerial cityscape of JerusalemJerusalem

Lebanon
Isa 40:16
  1. panorama of a valley in LebanonLebanon

Zion
Isa 40:9
  1. aerial cityscape of JerusalemJerusalem

Image Credits

Godot13, Evan Williams

About

This page attempts to identify all possible locations for every place mentioned in this chapter of the Bible.

The isobands you see on the map (gray areas with dark borders) attempt to give you confidence where a region is. Because many ancient regions aren't precisely defined, I consulted atlases to determine where the biblical region is located and used that data to build the isobands. The smaller isobands reflect more confidence that the given isoband is in the region, while the larger isobands reflect less confidence. Isobands are a kind of contour line that here indicate confidence levels.