Isaiah 35

1 The wilderness and the Arabah will be glad; and the desert will rejoice and blossom. Like the rose,⋮

2 it will blossom abundantly and rejoice 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 Yahweh, the splendor of our God.⋮

3 Strengthen the weak hands, and steady the knees that shake.⋮

4 Say to those with a fearful heart, “Be strong, do not fear! Look, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.”⋮

5 Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears of the deaf will hear.⋮

6 Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the mute tongue will sing, for water breaks out in the Arabah, and streams in the wilderness.⋮

7 The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the habitation of jackals, where they once lay, will be grass with reeds and rushes.⋮

8 A highway will be there called The Holy Way. The unclean will not travel it. But it will be for him who walks in it. No fool will go on it.⋮

9 No lion will be there, no ferocious beast will be on it; they will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk there.⋮

10 The ransomed of Yahweh will return and come with singing to Zion, and everlasting joy will be on their heads; gladness and joy will overtake them; sorrow and sighing will flee away.⋮