Come, let's consider your options," says the Lord. "Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.

The light of the full moon will be like the sun's glare and the sun's glare will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, when the Lord binds up his people's fractured bones and heals their severe wound.

A voice cries out, "In the wilderness clear a way for the Lord; construct in the desert a road for our God.

He says, "Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!"