Isaiah 40:2-4

New Catholic Bible

² Speak tenderly to Jerusalem
    and proclaim to her
that her time of servitude is over
    and that her guilt has been expiated.
Indeed she has received from the Lord’s hand
    double punishment for all her sins.
³     A voice cries out:
    In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
    make a straight path in the desert for our God.
⁴ Let every valley be filled in
    and every mountain and hill be made low.
Uneven ground will be made smooth
    and the rugged places will become a plain.