³ Indeed, ^(A)the Lord will comfort Zion;
He will comfort all her ^(B)waste places.
And her ^(C)wilderness He will make like ^(D)Eden,
And her desert like the ^(E)garden of the Lord;
^(F)Joy and gladness will be found in her,
Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.

⁸ ‘The ^(A)cedars in ^(B)God’s garden ^[a]could not match it;
The ^[b]cypresses ^[c]could not compare with its boughs,
And the plane trees ^[d]could not match its branches.
No tree in ^(C)God’s garden ^[e]could compare with it in its beauty.
⁹ ‘I made it beautiful with the multitude of its branches,
And all the trees of ^(D)Eden, which were in the ^(E)garden of God, were jealous of it.