Yahweh will rescue his people.

14 Yahweh will say, “Prepare yourselves to receive me,

like [MET] people build and prepare a road for a king to come on.

Get rid of the things that are causing you to sin

like [MET] people remove from a road ◄obstacles/things that cause people to stumble►.

15 Because this is what I, Yahweh, who am holy and greatly honored and who live forever, say:

I live in the highest heaven, where everything is holy,

but I also am with those who are humble and who are sorry for the sinful things that they have done.

I will greatly encourage [DOU] those who have repented.

16 I will not accuse people forever;

I will not always be angry with them,

because if I did that, people would become weak/discouraged;

all the people whom I created and caused to live would die.

17 I was angry with my people because they sinned by wanting the things that others had.

So because I was angry, I punished them and turned away from them,

but they continued sinning.

18 I have seen the evil things that they continually do,

but I will restore them and lead them.

I will encourage/comfort them.

And to those who are mourning,

19 I will enable them to sing songs to praise me.

I will restore all my people, those who live near Jerusalem and those who live far away,

and I will cause things to go well for them.

20 Wicked people do not have peace in their inner beings;

they are like [SIM] a sea whose waves are always churning up mud,

21 and I, Yahweh, say that things will never ◄go well/be peaceful► for those who are evil.”