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God's promises to his people

40 Your God says, ‘Comfort my people.
    Yes, comfort them.
Speak kindly to the people in Jerusalem.
    Tell them that their time of trouble has now finished.
Their punishment has been enough.
    The Lord has made them pay for their sins.
    He has made them pay twice.’

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Comfort for God’s People

40 Comfort, comfort(A) my people,
    says your God.
Speak tenderly(B) to Jerusalem,
    and proclaim to her
that her hard service(C) has been completed,(D)
    that her sin has been paid for,(E)
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
    double(F) for all her sins.

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