² “Speak tenderly to^[a] Jerusalem,
and announce to her
that her time of forced labor is over,
her iniquity^(A) has been pardoned,^(B)
and she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.”^(C)

¹² Return to a stronghold,
you prisoners who have hope;
today I declare that I will restore double to you.^(A)