Isaiah 35

¹The wilderness and the dry land will be glad;
The Arabah (desert) will shout in exultation and blossom
Like the ^[a]autumn crocus.
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It will blossom abundantly
And rejoice with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,
The majesty of [Mount] Carmel and [the plain] of Sharon.
They will see the glory of the Lord,
The majesty and splendor of our God.
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Encourage the exhausted, and make staggering knees firm.
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Say to those with an anxious and panic-stricken heart,
“Be strong, fear not!
Indeed, your God will come with vengeance [for the ungodly];
The retribution of God will come,
But He will save you.”
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Then the eyes of the blind will be opened
And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
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Then the lame will leap like a deer,
And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy.
For waters will break forth in the wilderness
And streams in the desert.
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And the burning sand (mirage) will become a pool [of water]
And the thirsty ground springs of water;
In the haunt of jackals, ^[b]where they lay resting,
Grass becomes reeds and ^[c]rushes.
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A highway will be there, and a roadway;
And it will be called the Holy Way.
The unclean will not travel on it,
But it will be for those who walk on the way [the redeemed];
And fools will not wander on it.
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No lion will be there,
Nor will any predatory animal come up on it;
They will not be found there.
But the redeemed will walk there.
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And the ransomed of the Lord will return
And come to Zion with shouts of jubilation,
And everlasting joy will be upon their heads;
They will find joy and gladness,
And sorrow and sighing will flee away.