Isaiah 35

The Joy of the Lord’s People

1The desert and the dry ground will be glad.

The dry places will be full of joy.

Flowers will grow there.

Like the first crocus in the spring,

2the desert will bloom with flowers.

It will be very glad and shout for joy.

The glorious beauty of Lebanon will be given to it.

It will be as beautiful as the rich lands

of Carmel and Sharon.

Everyone will see the glory of the Lord.

They will see the beauty of our God.

3Strengthen the hands of those who are weak.

Help those whose knees give way.

4Say to those whose hearts are afraid,

“Be strong and do not fear.

Your God will come.

He will pay your enemies back.

He will come to save you.”

5Then the eyes of those who are blind will be opened.

The ears of those who can’t hear will be unplugged.

6Those who can’t walk will leap like a deer.

And those who can’t speak will shout for joy.

Water will pour out in dry places.

Streams will flow in the desert.

7The burning sand will become a pool of water.

The thirsty ground will become bubbling springs.

In the places where wild dogs once lay down,

tall grass and papyrus will grow.

8A wide road will go through the land.

It will be called the Way of Holiness.

Only those who lead a holy life can use it.

“Unclean” and foolish people can’t walk on it.

9No lions will use it.

No hungry wild animals will be on it.

None of them will be there.

Only people who have been set free will walk on it.

10Those the Lord has saved will return to their land.

They will sing as they enter the city of Zion.

Joy that lasts forever will be

like beautiful crowns on their heads.

They will be filled with gladness and joy.

Sorrow and sighing will be gone.

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Isaiah 35

Zion’s Joyful Future

1The wilderness and the dry land will be glad;

The Arabah (desert) will shout in exultation and blossom

Like the #Or asphodel (lily).autumn crocus.

2It 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.

3Encourage the exhausted, and make staggering knees firm.

4Say 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.”

5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened

And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

6Then 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.

7And the burning sand (mirage) will become a pool [of water]

And the thirsty ground springs of water;

In the haunt of jackals, #Lit its resting place.where they lay resting,

Grass becomes reeds and #Lit papyrus.rushes.

8A 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.

9No 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.

10And 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.

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