Isaiah 40:1-2

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

God’s People Are Comforted

40 Comfort, O comfort my people,
    says your God.
²Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
    and cry to her
that she has served her term,
    that her penalty is paid,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
    double for all her sins.

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