“Build up, build up, prepare the road!^(A)
    Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.”^(B)

¹⁸ I have seen their ways, but I will heal^(A) them;
    I will guide^(B) them and restore comfort^(C) to Israel’s mourners,
¹⁹     creating praise on their lips.^(D)
Peace, peace,^(E) to those far and near,”^(F)
    says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”