1. "Comfort my people," says your God. "Comfort them.
2. Speak tenderly to the people of Jerusalem. Announce to them that their hard service has been completed. Tell them that their sin has been paid for. Tell them I have punished them enough for all of their sins."
3. A messenger is calling out, "In the desert prepare the way for the Lord. Make a straight road through it for our God.
4. Every valley will be filled in. Every mountain and hill will be made level. The rough ground will be smoothed out. The rocky places will be made flat.