⁹ Burst into songs of joy^(A) together,
    you ruins^(B) of Jerusalem,
for the Lord has comforted^(C) his people,
    he has redeemed Jerusalem.^(D)

¹⁰ “Rejoice^(A) with Jerusalem and be glad for her,
    all you who love^(B) her;
rejoice greatly with her,
    all you who mourn^(C) over her.

³ Before them fire^(A) devours,
    behind them a flame blazes.
Before them the land is like the garden of Eden,^(B)
    behind them, a desert waste^(C)—
    nothing escapes them.