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For the Lord will comfort Zion;
    he will comfort all her waste places,
and will make her wilderness like Eden,
    her desert like the garden of the Lord;
joy and gladness will be found in her,
    thanksgiving and the voice of song.

“Listen to me, my people,
    and give ear to me, my nation;
for a law will go forth from me,
    and my justice for a light to the peoples.
My deliverance draws near speedily,
    my salvation has gone forth,
    and my arms will rule the peoples;
the coastlands wait for me,
    and for my arm they hope.

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The Lord will surely comfort(A) Zion(B)
    and will look with compassion on all her ruins;(C)
he will make her deserts like Eden,(D)
    her wastelands(E) like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness(F) will be found in her,
    thanksgiving(G) and the sound of singing.

“Listen to me, my people;(H)
    hear me,(I) my nation:
Instruction(J) will go out from me;
    my justice(K) will become a light to the nations.(L)
My righteousness draws near speedily,
    my salvation(M) is on the way,(N)
    and my arm(O) will bring justice to the nations.
The islands(P) will look to me
    and wait in hope(Q) for my arm.

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