¹³ As one whom his mother comforts,
    so ^(A)I will comfort you;
    you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

³ For the Lord ^(A)comforts Zion;
    he comforts all her waste places
and makes her wilderness like ^(B)Eden,
    her desert like ^(C)the garden of the Lord;
^(D)joy and gladness will be found in her,
    thanksgiving and the voice of song.

40 ^(A)Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.