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promise_v to_o comfort_v his_o afflict_a people_n and_o you_o shall_v be_v comfort_v in_o jerusalem_n that_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v for_o this_o prophet_n have_v foretell_v great_a judgement_n and_o desolation_n shall_v come_v upon_o jerasalem_fw-la as_o isa_n 3.8_o jerusalem_n be_v ruin_v and_o judah_n be_v fall_v isa_n 24.3_o 11._o the_o land_n shall_v be_v utter_o empty_v and_o utter_o spoil_v all_o joy_n be_v darken_v and_o the_o mirth_n of_o the_o land_n be_v go_v isa_n 64.10_o thy_o holy_a city_n be_v a_o wilderness_n zion_n be_v a_o wilderness_n jerusalem_n a_o desolation_n yet_o though_o these_o ruin_n and_o desolation_n be_v come_v upon_o jerusalem_n that_o the_o land_n shall_v be_v utter_o spoil_v all_o joy_n be_v darken_v and_o the_o mirth_n of_o the_o land_n quite_o go_v yet_o the_o lord_n promise_v to_o comfort_v his_o people_n in_o jerusalem_n we_o that_o have_v such_o promise_n may_v rest_v upon_o god_n that_o for_o christ_n sake_n he_o will_v comfort_v we_o in_o all_o 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