Isaiah 35
1 The wilderness and the dry land will rejoice; the desert plain will exult and blossom like the narcissus.
2 It will truly blossom and exult, 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.
3 Strengthen weary hands; steady knees that are trembling.
4 Say to those with troubled hearts, “Be strong, do not be afraid! Look, your God comes with vengeance, with God’s retribution; he himself comes and will save you.”
5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
6 Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the mute tongue will sing for joy; for waters will burst forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert plain.
7 The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground, springs of water; in the lair of jackals where they used to lie, there will be grass, reeds, and rushes.
8 There will be a highway there, a road, and it will be called the Holy Way. The unclean will not pass along it; it is for them: whoever walks on it, even fools, will not lose their way.
9 No lion will be there, and no wild beast will come up on it; none will be found there. But the redeemed will walk on it.
10 Those the LORD has redeemed will return and come to Zion singing, with everlasting joy upon their heads; they will attain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
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