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“Comfort, comfort my people,”
says your God.
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“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.”
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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!
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Fill in the valleys,
and level the mountains and hills.
Straighten the curves,
and smooth out the rough places.
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Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed,
and all people will see it together.
The Lord has spoken!” 1