Isaiah 40:2-4

Complete Jewish Bible

²“Tell Yerushalayim to take heart; proclaim to her
that she has completed her time of service,
that her guilt has been paid off,
that she has received at the hand of Adonai
double for all her sins.”

³A voice cries out:

“Clear a road through the desert for Adonai!
Level a highway in the ‘Aravah for our God!
⁴Let every valley be filled in,
every mountain and hill lowered,
the bumpy places made level
and the crags become a plain.

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