^3 (A)Strengthen the weak hands,
    and make firm the feeble knees.
⁴ Say to those who have an anxious heart,
    “Be strong; fear not!
^(B)Behold, your God
    will come with vengeance,
with the recompense of God.
    He will come and save you.”

^(C)“My son, ^(D)do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
    nor be weary when reproved by him.

^27 (A)“But fear not, O Jacob my servant,
    nor be dismayed, O Israel,
for behold, I will save you from far away,
    and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
    and none shall make him afraid.
^28 (B)Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
declares the Lord,
    for I am with you.
I will make a full end of all the nations
    to which I have driven you,
    but of you I will not make a full end.
^(C)I will discipline you in just measure,
    and I will by no means leave you unpunished.”