Isaiah 35
35
The Road of Holiness
1The desert will rejoice,
and flowers will bloom in the wilderness.
2The desert will sing and shout for joy;
it will be as beautiful as the Lebanon Mountains
and as fertile as the fields of Carmel and Sharon.
Everyone will see the LORD's splendour,
see his greatness and power.
3 #
Heb 12.12
Give strength to hands that are tired
and to knees that tremble with weakness.
4Tell everyone who is discouraged,
“Be strong and don't be afraid!
God is coming to your rescue,
coming to punish your enemies.”
5 #
Mt 11.5; Lk 7.22 The blind will be able to see,
and the deaf will hear.
6The lame will leap and dance,
and those who cannot speak will shout for joy.
Streams of water will flow through the desert;
7the burning sand will become a lake,
and dry land will be filled with springs.
Where jackals used to live,
marsh grass and reeds will grow.
8There will be a highway there,
called “The Road of Holiness”.
No sinner will ever travel that road;
no fools will mislead those who follow it.#35.8 Probable text no fools… follow it; Hebrew unclear.
9No lions will be there;
no fierce animals will pass that way.
Those whom the LORD has rescued
will travel home by that road.
10They will reach Jerusalem with gladness,
singing and shouting for joy.
They will be happy for ever,
for ever free from sorrow and grief.
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Isaiah 35
35
The Ransomed Return to Zion
1The wilderness and the dry land will be glad;
the desert will rejoice and blossom like a wildflower.#35:1 Or meadow saffron; traditionally rose#Ps 65:12; Is 6:11; 7:21–25; 27:10; 32:15; 41:18–19; 51:3; 55:12–13
2It will blossom abundantly
and will also rejoice with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,
the splendor of Carmel and Sharon.#Sg 2:1; 5:15; 7:5; Is 33:9
They will see the glory of the Lord,#Ex 16:7,10; Lv 9:6,23; Nm 29:6; Is 40:5; Ezk 1:28; 3:23
the splendor of our God.#Ps 45:3–4; 96:6; 104:1; 145:5,12; Is 2:10,19,21; 53:2; 63:1; Ezk 16:14
3Strengthen the weak hands,
steady the shaking knees!#Heb 12:12
4Say to the cowardly:
“Be strong; do not fear!
Here is your God; vengeance is coming.#Is 1:24; 34:8; 47:3; 59:17; 61:2; 63:4
God’s retribution is coming; he will save you.”#Is 33:22
5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,
and the ears of the deaf unstopped.#Is 29:18; 32:3–4; 42:7,16,18; 50:4; Mt 11:5; Lk 7:22; Jn 9:6–7
6Then the lame will leap like a deer,#Zph 3:19; Mt 11:5; 15:30–31; 21:14; Ac 3:1–8; 8:7; 14:8–10
and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy,#Ex 4:11; Mk 7:32; 9:25
for water will gush in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert;#Is 41:18; 43:19; Jn 7:38–39
7the parched ground will become a pool,
and the thirsty land, springs.#Is 49:10
In the haunt of jackals,#Is 13:22; 34:13 in their lairs,
there will be grass, reeds, and papyrus.
8A road will be there and a way;#Is 40:3; 42:16; 43:16,19; 49:11; 51:10; 57:14; 62:10
it will be called the Holy Way.#Is 4:3; 52:1; Mt 7:13–14; 1Pt 1:15–16
The unclean will not travel on it,#Is 52:1; Rv 21:27
but it will be for the one who walks the path.#Ps 139:24; Is 2:3; 8:11; 30:21; 42:24; 48:17; 58:13
Fools will not wander on it.
9There will be no lion there,
and no vicious beast will go up on it;
they will not be found there.
But the redeemed will walk on it,
10and the ransomed of the Lord will return#Is 51:11
and come to Zion with singing,
crowned with unending joy.
Joy and gladness will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee.#Is 65:19; Rm 9:2; Rv 21:4
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