“Those who have been ransomed by the Lord will return. They will enter Jerusalem singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness.
I, yes I, am the one who comforts you. So why are you afraid of mere humans, who wither like the grass and disappear?
For I am the Lord your God, who stirs up the sea, causing its waves to roar. My name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. And I have put My words in your mouth and hidden you safely in My hand. I stretched out the sky like a canopy and laid the foundations of the earth. I am the one who says to Israel, ‘You are My people!’
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns! The Lord has demonstrated His holy power before the eyes of all the nations. All the ends of the earth will see the victory of our God.”
{Isaiah 51:11-12, 15-16; Isaiah 52:7, 10}