35:1 Be glad, thou thirsty desert: let the
wilderness exult, and flower as the lily.
35:2 And the desert places of Jordan shall blossom and rejoice; the glory of
Libanus has been given to it, and the honour of Carmel; and my people shall
see the glory o the Lord, and the majesty of God.
35:3 Be strong, ye relaxed hands and palsied knees.
35:4 Comfort one another, ye fainthearted; be strong, fear not; behold, our
God renders judgement, and he will render [it]; he will come and save us.
35:5 Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf
shall hear.
35:6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the
stammerers shall speak plainly; for water has burst forth in the desert, and
a channel [of water] in a thirsty land.
35:7 And the ry land shall become pools, and a fountain of water shall [be
poured] into the thirsty land; there shall there be a joy of birds, ready
habitations and marshes.
35:8 There shall be there a pure way, and it shall be called a holy way; and
there shall not pass by there any unclean person, neither shall there be
there an unclean way; but the dispersed shall walk on it, and they shall not
go astray.
35:9 And there shall be no lion there, neither shall any evil beast go up
upon it, nor at all be found there; but the redeemed and gathered on the
Lord's behalf, shall walk in it,
35:10 and shall return, and come to Sion with joy, and everlasting joy
[shall be] over their head; for on their head [shall be] praise and
exultation, and joy shall take possession of them: sorrow and pain, and
groaning have fled away. |
35:1 The wilderness and the solitary place
shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the
rose.
35:2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the
glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and
Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
35:3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
35:4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold,
your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come
and save you.
35:5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf
shall be unstopped.
35:6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb
sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the
desert.
35:7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land
springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be
grass with reeds and rushes.
35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The
way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for
those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
35:9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it
shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs
and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. |