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Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry
to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received
from the Lord's hand double for all her sins. A voice cries out: "In the wilderness
prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven
ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. Then the glory of the Lord
shall be revealed, and all people shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has
spoken."
Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice
with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings, lift it up, do not fear; say to the
cities of Judah, "Here is your God!"
Suggested hymns and carols:
Bless'd Be the God of Israel
Comfort, Comfort Ye, My People
On Jordan's Banks, the Baptist's Cry
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
LESSON
Isaiah 40:1–5, 9
NARRATIVE
Sing of One who prophets told,
in the darkened days of old;
God would send—His precious Son.
Watch and wait, for He will come!
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