Isaiah 35 — Legacy Standard Bible

The Joy of the Redeemed

35The ^awilderness and the desert will be delighted,And the ¹^,^bArabah will rejoice and flourish;Like the crocus²It will ^aflourish profuselyAnd ^brejoice with rejoicing and shout of joy.The ^cglory of Lebanon will be given to it,The majesty of ^dCarmel and Sharon.They will see the ^eglory of Yahweh,The majesty of our God.³^aStrengthen limp hands, and give courage to the knees of the stumbling.⁴Say to those with an ^aanxious heart,“Be strong, fear not.Behold, your God will come with ^bvengeance;The ^crecompense of God will come,But He will ^dsave you.”⁵Then the ^aeyes of the blind will be opened,And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.⁶Then the ^alame will leap like a deer,And the ^btongue of the mute will shout for joy.For waters will break forth in the ^cwildernessAnd streams in the ¹Arabah.⁷Then the ¹scorched land will become a poolAnd the thirsty ground ^asprings of water;In the ^bhaunt of jackals, its resting place,Grass becomes reeds and rushes.⁸^aAnd a ¹roadway will be there, ^ba highway,And it will be called the Highway of ^cHoliness.The unclean will not pass by on it,But it will be for him who walks in that way,And ^dignorant fools will not wander on it.⁹No ^alion will be there,Nor will any vicious beast go up on it;¹These will not be found there.But ^bthe redeemed will walk there,¹⁰And ^athe ransomed of Yahweh will returnAnd come with joyful shouting to Zion,With everlasting gladness upon their heads.They will ¹attain delight and gladness,And ^bsorrow and sighing will flee away.