1"Comfort, comfort my people," says your God. 2"Speak tenderly to Jerusalem; and call out 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." 3The voice of one who calls out, "Prepare the way of the LORD in the wilderness! 4Every valley shall be exalted, 5The glory of the LORD shall be revealed, 6The voice of one saying, "Cry!" 7The grass withers, 8The grass withers, 9You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. 10Behold, the Lord GOD will come as a mighty one, 11He will feed his flock like a shepherd. 12Who has measured the waters of the sea in the hollow of his hand, 13Who has known the mind of the LORD, 14Who did he take counsel with, 15Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, 16Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, 17All the nations are like nothing before him. 18To whom then will you liken God? 19A workman has cast an image, 20He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. 21Haven't you known? 22It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, 23who brings princes to nothing; 24They are planted scarcely. 25"To whom then will you liken me? 26Lift up your eyes on high, 27Why do you say, Jacob, 28Haven't you known? 29He gives power to the weak. 30Even the youths faint and get weary, 31But those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength.