I, even I, am he that comforteth you

[Ref. journal #15]

Isaiah 42:5, 6, 16; 51:3, 7 [to ;], 11 the, 12 [to :]

5  Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

6  I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

16  And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

3  For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and glad- ness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

7  Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law;

11  . . . the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

12  I, even I, am he that comforteth you: