²⁶ who confirms the message of his servant
and fulfils the counsel of his messengers;
who says to Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’
and to the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt,’
and I will restore her ruins;

³ For the Lord will comfort Zion;^(A)
he will comfort all her waste places,
and he will make her wilderness like Eden,^(B)
and her desert like the garden of the Lord.^(C)
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and melodious song.