Shout for joy, you heavens! Earth, rejoice! Mountains, break into joyful shouts! For the Lord has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.
‘Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, “You have said this: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy on us, and we are wasting away because of them! How then can we survive? ’ ”