American Standard Version

1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up

1 The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry unto her,

1 At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for

1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him,

1 But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not,

1 Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon