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.
5 The Lord’s glory will appear,and all humanity will see it together;the Lord’s mouth has commanded it."
6 A voice was saying:"Call out!"And another said,"What should I call out?"All flesh is grass;all its loyalty is like the flowers of the field.
7 The grass dries upand the flower witherswhen the Lord’s breath blows on it.Surely the people are grass.
8 The grass dries up;the flower withers,but our God’s word will exist forever.