12 Then you will say in that day,
“^(A)I will give thanks to You, O Yahweh;
For ^(B)although You were angry with me,
Your anger is turned away,
And You comfort me.

^13 (A)Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth!
Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains!
For ^(B)Yahweh has comforted His people
And will ^(C)have compassion on His afflicted.

³ Indeed, ^(A)Yahweh 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 Yahweh;
^(F)Joy and gladness will be found in her,
Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.

^9 (A)Break forth, shout joyfully together,
You ^(B)waste places of Jerusalem;
For Yahweh has comforted His people;
He has ^(C)redeemed Jerusalem.

² To ^(A)proclaim the favorable year of Yahweh
And the ^(B)day of vengeance of our God,
To ^(C)comfort all who mourn,

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

¹⁴ Sing for joy, O daughter of Zion!
^(A)Make a loud shout, O Israel!
Be glad and exult with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!
¹⁵ Yahweh has taken away ^(B)His judgments against you;
He has cleared away your enemies.
The King of Israel, Yahweh, is ^(C)in your midst;
You will ^(D)fear evil no more.
^16 (E)In that day it will be said to Jerusalem:
“^(F)Do not fear, O Zion;
^(G)Do not let your hands fall limp.
¹⁷ Yahweh your God is ^(H)in your midst,
A ^(I)mighty one who will save.
He will ^(J)be joyful over you with gladness;
He will ^[a]be quiet in His love;
He will rejoice over you with joyful singing.