The Bible calls God “the God of all comfort” and says he comforts people so that they can comfort others. Both come from the opening of Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians (1:3-4). Isaiah 40:1 begins with “Comfort, comfort my people,” and Jesus promises that those who mourn “will be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). In Isaiah 40:1, Isaiah 66:13 and Psalm 23:4, the Hebrew verb is nacham, which can also mean to relent or be sorry. In 2 Corinthians 1:4 and…
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