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“Look to Abraham your father
And to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain;
For I called him when he was but one,
Then I blessed him and made him many.”

For the Lord will comfort Zion [in her captivity];
He will comfort all her ruins.
And He will make her wilderness like Eden,
And her desert like the garden of the Lord;
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
Thanksgiving and the voice of a melody.


“Listen carefully to Me [says the Lord], O My people,
And hear Me, O My nation;
For a [divine] law will go forth from Me,
And I will quickly establish My justice as a light to the peoples.

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look to Abraham,(A) your father,
    and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
    and I blessed him and made him many.(B)
The Lord will surely comfort(C) Zion(D)
    and will look with compassion on all her ruins;(E)
he will make her deserts like Eden,(F)
    her wastelands(G) like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness(H) will be found in her,
    thanksgiving(I) and the sound of singing.

“Listen to me, my people;(J)
    hear me,(K) my nation:
Instruction(L) will go out from me;
    my justice(M) will become a light to the nations.(N)

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