³ For the Lord ^(A)comforts Zion;
    he comforts all her waste places
and makes her wilderness like ^(B)Eden,
    her desert like ^(C)the garden of the Lord;
^(D)joy and gladness will be found in her,
    thanksgiving and the voice of song.

¹³ You were in ^(A)Eden, the garden of God;
    ^(B)every precious stone was your covering,
^(C)sardius, topaz, and diamond,
    beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire,^{[a] (D)}emerald, and carbuncle;
    and crafted in gold were your settings
    and your engravings.^[b]
(E)On the day that you were created
    they were prepared.

^8 (A)The cedars ^(B)in the garden of God could not rival it,
    nor the fir trees equal its boughs;
neither were the plane trees
    like its branches;
no tree ^(C)in the garden of God
    was its equal in beauty.