2. “Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her,That her warfare is ended,That her iniquity is pardoned;For she has received from the Lord’s handDouble for all her sins.”
3. The voice of one crying in the wilderness:“Prepare the way of the Lord;Make straight in the desertA highway for our God.
4. Every valley shall be exaltedAnd every mountain and hill brought low;The crooked places shall be made straightAnd the rough places smooth;
5. The glory of the Lord shall be revealed,And all flesh shall see it together;For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
6. The voice said, “Cry out!”And he said, “What shall I cry?”“All flesh is grass,And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
7. The grass withers, the flower fades,Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it;Surely the people are grass.
8. The grass withers, the flower fades,But the word of our God stands forever.”
9. O Zion,You who bring good tidings,Get up into the high mountain;O Jerusalem,You who bring good tidings,Lift up your voice with strength,Lift it up, be not afraid;Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!”
10. Behold, the Lord God shall come with a strong hand,And His arm shall rule for Him;Behold, His reward is with Him,And His work before Him.