1 Comfort, comfort my people!says your God.
2 Speak compassionately to Jerusalem,and proclaim to her that her compulsory service has ended,that her penalty has been paid,that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins!
3 A voice is crying out:"Clear the Lord’s way in the desert!Make a level highway in the wilderness for our God!
4 Every valley will be raised up,and every mountain and hill will be flattened.Uneven ground will become level,and rough terrain a valley plain.