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"Comfort, yes, comfort My people!" Says your God.
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"Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the Lord's hand Double for all her sins."
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The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God.
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Every valley shall be exalted And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough places smooth;
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The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken."
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The voice said, "Cry out!" And he said, "What shall I cry?" "All flesh is grass, And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
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The grass withers, the flower fades, Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it; Surely the people are grass.
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The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever."
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O Zion, You who bring good tidings, Get up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, You who bring good tidings, Lift up your voice with strength, Lift it up, be not afraid; Say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!"