Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness.
_look unto the rock from whence ye are hewn,
_and to the hole of the pit from whence ye are digged.
Look unto Abraham, your father,
_and unto Sarah, she that bare you;
_for I called him alone, and blessed him.
For the Lord shall comfort Zion,
_he will comfort all her waste places;
_and he will make her wilderness like Eden, [i]2287[/i]
_and her desert like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness shall be found therein,
_thanksgiving and the voice of melody.