CLV(i)
1 Comfort you, comfort you My people!saying is your Elohim."
2 Speak you to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her, for fulfilled is her enlistment, for run out is her depravity, for she takes from the hand of Yahweh a shelter from all her sins."
3 The voice of one calling:"In the wilderness, surface the way of Yahweh! And straighten, in the gorge, a highway for our Elohim!"
4 Every ravine shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill shall be lowered. And all the crooked shall come to be straight, and the knobs a valley."
5 And revealed is the glory of Yahweh, and all flesh sees the salvation of Elohim.For the mouth of Yahweh speaks."
6 A voice says, "Call!And I say, "What shall I call?All flesh is grass, and all its glory is as the blossom of the field."
7 Dry is the grass; decayed is the blossom, for the spirit of Yahweh is reversed in it. Surely, grass are the people."
8 Dry is the grass; decayed is the blossom. Yet the word of our Elohim shall be confirmed for the eon."
9 On a mountain lofty ascend; go you, tidings-bearer, to Zion! Raise high your voice with vigor, tidings-bearer, to Jerusalem! Raise it high! You must not fear! Say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your Elohim!"
10 Behold! My Lord Yahweh with steadfastness is coming. And His arm is ruling for Him. Behold! His hire is with Him. And His wage is before Him.
11 As a shepherd He is grazing His drove, and in His arm He is cuddling the lambkins, and in His bosom He is carrying them. The pregnant He is comforting. The unweaned He is conducting."