RESPONSE
Comfort, comfort you my people,
tell of peace, thus says our God.

R
Comfort, O comfort my people,
says your God.
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem
and cry to them
that they have served their term,
that their penalty is paid,
that they have received from the Lord’s hand
double for all their sins. R

A voice cries out:
‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord,
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.
Then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all people shall see it together,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.’
Get you up to a high mountain,
O Zion, herald of good tidings;
lift up your voice with strength,
O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings,
lift it up, do not fear;
say to the cities of Judah,
‘Here is your God!’ R