A Voice Cries Out
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w&m: Michael Joncas, 1981

[Verse 1]
Console my people, the ones dear to me;
speak to the heart of Jerusalem;
the time of your mourning is ended now,
the Lord of life will come.

[Refrain]
A voice cries out in the wilderness:
Prepare a way for the Lord!
A voice cries out in the wilderness:
Make straight a highway for God!

[Verse 2]
Ev'ry valley is made a plain;
ev'ry mountain is leveled;
the glory of God shall then be revealed,
and the nations will sing in praise.

[Refrain]

[Verse 3]
A voice shouts: "Cry!" O what shall I cry?
All flesh is like grass and its flowers:
the grass may wither, the flowers may fade,
but the Word of the Lord is forever.

[Refrain]

[Verse 4]
Zion shout from the mountain top,
lift up your voice, O Jerusalem,
and say to the people of God's own land,
"Behold, behold your God!"

[Refrain]

[Verse 5]
The Lord will appear as a shepherd,
holding his lambs in his arms,
keeping his flock so close to his heart
leading them all, old and young.

[Refrain