^{1 Ref} Comfort ye, comfort ye, My people, saith your God.

^{2 Ref} Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her, That her warfare hath been completed, That accepted hath been her punishment, That she hath received from the hand of Jehovah Double for all her sins.

^{3 Ref} A voice is crying -- in a wilderness -- Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, Make straight in a desert a highway to our God.

^{4 Ref} Every valley is raised up, And every mountain and hill become low, And the crooked place hath become a plain, And the entangled places a valley.

^{5 Ref} And revealed hath been the honour of Jehovah, And seen `it' have all flesh together, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

^{6 Ref} A voice is saying, `Call,' And he said, `What do I call?' All flesh `is' grass, and all its goodliness `is' As a flower of the field:

^{7 Ref} Withered hath grass, faded the flower, For the Spirit of Jehovah blew upon it, Surely the people `is' grass;

^{8 Ref} Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever.

^{9 Ref} On a high mountain get thee up, O Zion, Proclaiming tidings, Lift up with power thy voice, O Jerusalem, proclaiming tidings, Lift up, fear not, say to cities of Judah, `Lo, your God.'

^{10 Ref} Lo, the Lord Jehovah with strength cometh, And His arm is ruling for Him, Lo, His hire `is' with Him, and His wage before Him.

^{11 Ref} As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth `them': Suckling ones He leadeth.