³ The Lord will surely comfort^(A) Zion^(B)
    and will look with compassion on all her ruins;^(C)
he will make her deserts like Eden,^(D)
    her wastelands^(E) like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness^(F) will be found in her,
    thanksgiving^(G) and the sound of singing.

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

¹⁸ But be glad and rejoice^(A) forever
    in what I will create,
for I will create Jerusalem^(B) to be a delight
    and its people a joy.
¹⁹ I will rejoice^(C) over Jerusalem
    and take delight^(D) in my people;
the sound of weeping and of crying^(E)
    will be heard in it no more.