In the desert prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world.

What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches?

The desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.

But the LORD Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will show himself holy by his righteousness.

Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you, when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.