1 Your God says,“Comfort, comfort my people.
2 Speak kindly to the people of Jerusalemand tell themthat their time of service is finished,that they have paid for their sins,that the Lord has punished Jerusalemtwice for every sin they did.”
3 This is the voice of one who calls out:“Prepare in the desertthe way for the Lord.Make a straight road in the dry landsfor our God.
4 Every valley should be raised up,and every mountain and hill should be made flat.The rough ground should be made level,and the rugged ground should be made smooth.
5 Then the glory of the Lord will be shown,and all people together will see it.The Lord himself said these things.”
6 A voice says, “Cry out!”Then I said, “What shall I cry out?”“Say all people are like the grass,and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.