2 Speak comfortably to Yerushalayim; and cry to her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
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Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.
3 The voice of one who cries, Prepare you in the wilderness the way of the LORD; make level in the desert a highway for our God.
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A voice of one calling: “In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD ; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.