Isa 40:2-3 | ESV | STEP | Speak tenderly to Jerusalem , and cry to her that her warfare is ended , that her iniquity is pardoned , that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins .

Isaiah 40:2-3

2 ^aSpeak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that ^bher warfare ^{▼▼Or hardship} is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.
3 ^dA voice cries: ^{▼▼Or A voice of one crying}
^f“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
^gmake straight in the desert a highway for our God.