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Isaiah 35
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
The wilderness and the dry land will be glad.
The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
It will blossom abundantly,
It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
Strengthen the weak hands,
Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees (note: Cited in Hebrews 12:12)!
Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong!
Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Then the lame man will leap like a deer,
Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
The burning sand will become a pool,
The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals (note: Or serpents or dragons) once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.
A highway will be there, a road,
And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.
No lion will be there,
No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
Then the LORD’s ransomed ones will return,
So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.