Comfort for God's People
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z Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
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a Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that b her warfare is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord's hand
double for all her sins.
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c A voice cries:
d "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
e make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
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f Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.
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g And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together,
h for the mouth of the Lord has spoken."
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Cross References
Isaiah 51:12
I, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass.
Luke 2:25
Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
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Cross References
Hosea 2:14
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:22
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:
Jeremiah 25:12
Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the Lord, making the land an everlasting waste.
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Cross References
Matthew 3:3
For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.'
Mark 1:3
The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,'
Luke 3:4
As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
John 1:23
He said, "I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said.
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Cross References
Malachi 3:1
Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 57:14
And it shall be said, "Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people's way.
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Cross References
Psalms 68:4
Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the Lord ; exult before him!
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Cross References
Luke 3:5
Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough places shall become level ways.
Isaiah 49:11
And I will make all my mountains a road, and my highways shall be raised up.
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Cross References
Luke 3:6
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'
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Cross References
Isaiah 1:20
But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
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