1 “Comfort, comfort my people,”
    says your God.

2 “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem.
Tell her that her sad days are gone
    and her sins are pardoned.
Yes, the Lord has punished her twice over
    for all her sins.”
3 Listen! It’s the voice of someone shouting,
“Clear the way through the wilderness
    for the Lord!
Make a straight highway through the wasteland
    for our God!

4 Fill in the valleys,
    and level the mountains and hills.
Straighten the curves,
    and smooth out the rough places.

5 Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed,
    and all people will see it together.
    The Lord has spoken!”...