³ For the Lord will ^(A)comfort Zion,
He will comfort all her waste places;
He will make her wilderness like Eden,
And her desert ^(B)like the garden of the Lord;
Joy and gladness will be found in it,
Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

³ A fire devours before them,
And behind them a flame burns;
The land is like ^(A)the Garden of Eden before them,
^(B)And behind them a desolate wilderness;
Surely nothing shall escape them.