Isaiah

35 ¹The wilderness and dry land will exult,
and let the desert be joyful and blossom like the rose.

²It surely will blossom and be joyful,
yea, joy and singing gladly,

the glory of Lebanon is given to it,
the majesty of Carmel and Sharon,

and they will see the glory of the LORD
and the majesty of our God.

³Strengthen the weak hands,
and make firm the feeble knees.

⁴Say to those who have an anxious heart:

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“Be strong, do not fear!

Behold, your God will come with vengeance;
God will come with divine retribution and save you.”

Isaiah

⁵Then the eyes of the blind will be opened
and the ears of the deaf opened.

⁶Then the lame will leap like deer,
and the tongue of the mute will sing gladly.

For waters will break forth in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert,

⁷and the parched ground will become a pool,
and the thirsty ground, springs of water.

The habitation of jackals will become a grassy place of rest,
with reeds and rushes.

⁸And a highway will be there,
[for][1] a way [will be cast up].

It will be called:

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“The Way of Holiness.”

Isaiah

The unclean will not pass over [upon] it,

but it will be [cast up] for those [who are clean, and] the wayfaring men, though [they are accounted] fools, will not err there.

⁹No lion will be there,
nor violent beasts will go up on it; they will not be found there!

And the redeemed will go,
¹⁰and the ransomed of the LORD will return

and will come to Zion with songs
and everlasting joy upon their heads;

they will obtain exultation and rejoicing,
and sorrow and sighing will flee.