^{1 Ref} Give comfort, give comfort, to my people, says your God.

^{2 Ref} Say kind words to the heart of Jerusalem, crying out to her that her time of trouble is ended, that her punishment is complete; that she has been rewarded by the Lord's hand twice over for all her sins.

^{3 Ref} A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a highway for our God.

^{4 Ref} Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley,

^{5 Ref} And the glory of the Lord will be made clear, and all flesh will see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has said it.

^{6 Ref} A voice of one saying, Give a cry! And I said, What is my cry to be? All flesh is grass, and all its strength like the flower of the field.

^{7 Ref} The grass becomes dry, the flower is dead; because the breath of the Lord goes over it: truly the people is grass.

^{8 Ref} The grass is dry, the flower is dead; but the word of our God is eternal.

^{9 Ref} You who give good news to Zion, get up into the high mountain; you who give good news to Jerusalem, let your voice be strong; let it be sounding without fear; say to the towns of Judah, See, your God!

^{10 Ref} See, the Lord God will come as a strong one, ruling in power: see, those made free by him are with him, and those whom he has made safe go before him.

^{11 Ref} He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.