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Isaiah 40:1-3
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Comfort My People

40 “Comfort my people! Comfort them!” says your Elohim.

2 “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and announce to it
    that its time of hard labor is over
        and its wrongs have been paid for.
            It has received from Yahweh double for all its sins.”

3 A voice cries out in the desert:

“Clear a way for Yahweh.
    Make a straight highway in the wilderness for our Elohim.

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Isaiah 40:1-3
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Comfort for God’s People

40 Comfort, comfort(A) my people,
    says your God.
2 Speak tenderly(B) to Jerusalem,
    and proclaim to her
that her hard service(C) has been completed,(D)
    that her sin has been paid for,(E)
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
    double(F) for all her sins.

3 A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness prepare
    the way(G) for the Lord[a];
make straight(H) in the desert
    a highway for our God.[b](I)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / “Prepare the way for the Lord
  2. Isaiah 40:3 Hebrew; Septuagint make straight the paths of our God
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