^{1 Ref} Comfort you, comfort you my people, says your God.

^{2 Ref} Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry to her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh's hand double for all her sins.

^{3 Ref} The voice of one who cries, Prepare you in the wilderness the way of Yahweh; make level in the desert a highway for our God.

^{4 Ref} Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:

^{5 Ref} and the glory of Yahweh shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.

^{6 Ref} The voice of one saying, Cry. One said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory of it is as the flower of the field.

^{7 Ref} The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of Yahweh blows on it; surely the people is grass.

^{8 Ref} The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God shall stand forever.

^{9 Ref} You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain; you who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength; lift it up, don't be afraid; say to the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!

^{10 Ref} Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.

^{11 Ref} He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those who have their young.