Meditation 4/1-4/7: Is 40:1-5 CEV
Comfort for God's People

Our God has said:
"Encourage my people!
Give them comfort.

Speak kindly to Jerusalem and announce:
Your slavery is past;
your punishment is over.
I, the LORD, made you pay
double for your sins."

Someone is shouting:
"Clear a path in the desert!
Make a straight road
for the LORD our God.

Fill in the valleys;
flatten every hill
and mountain.
Level the rough
and rugged ground.

Then the glory of the LORD
will appear for all to see.
The LORD has promised this!"

Isaiah 40:1-5 CEV