2Say kind words to the heart of Jerusalem, crying out to her that her time of trouble is ended, that her punishment is complete; that she has been rewarded by the Lord's hand twice over for all her sins.
3A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a highway for our God.
4Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley,
5And the glory of the Lord will be made clear, and all flesh will see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has said it.
6A voice of one saying, Give a cry! And I said, What is my cry to be? All flesh is grass, and all its strength like the flower of the field.
7The grass becomes dry, the flower is dead; because the breath of the Lord goes over it: truly the people is grass.
8The grass is dry, the flower is dead; but the word of our God is eternal.
