¹⁹ You will again have compassion on us;
    you will tread our sins underfoot
    and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.

40 Comfort, comfort my people,
    says your God.

³ The Lord will surely comfort Zion
    and will look with compassion on all her ruins;
he will make her deserts like Eden,
    her wastelands like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
    thanksgiving and the sound of singing.

¹³ As a mother comforts her child,
    so will I comfort you;
    and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.’