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Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
    and cry to her
that she has served her term,
    that her penalty is paid,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
    double for all her sins.(A)

A voice cries out:
“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
    make straight in the desert a highway for our God.(B)
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.(C)

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