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Look to Abraham, your ancestor,
    and to Sarah, from whom you are descended.
    When I called Abraham, he was childless.
    I blessed him and gave him many descendants.
So Yahweh will comfort Zion.
    He will comfort all those who live among its ruins.
    He will make its desert like Eden.
    He will make its wilderness like the garden of Yahweh.
        Joy and gladness will be found in it,
            thanksgiving and the sound of singing.

Pay attention to me, my people.
    Open your ears to hear me, my nation.
    My teachings will go out from me.
    My justice will become a light for the people.

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look to Abraham,(A) your father,
    and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
    and I blessed him and made him many.(B)
The Lord will surely comfort(C) Zion(D)
    and will look with compassion on all her ruins;(E)
he will make her deserts like Eden,(F)
    her wastelands(G) like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness(H) will be found in her,
    thanksgiving(I) and the sound of singing.

“Listen to me, my people;(J)
    hear me,(K) my nation:
Instruction(L) will go out from me;
    my justice(M) will become a light to the nations.(N)

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