Isaiah 40:2-4

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²Speak tenderly^(A) to Jerusalem,
    and proclaim to her
that her hard service^(B) has been completed,^(C)
    that her sin has been paid for,^(D)
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
    double^(E) for all her sins.

³A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness prepare
    the way^(F) for the Lord^[a];
make straight^(G) in the desert
    a highway for our God.^[b]^(H)
⁴Every valley shall be raised up,^(I)
    every mountain and hill^(J) made low;
the rough ground shall become level,^(K)
    the rugged places a plain.

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Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / “Prepare the way for the Lord
Isaiah 40:3 Hebrew; Septuagint make straight the paths of our God

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