Isaiah 35
The Joyful Will Flourish in Zion
Israel and Judah's Judgment and Blessings1
The wilderness and the dry land will be glad.The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
2
3
Strengthen the weak hands,and make firm the feeble knees.
4
Tell those who have a fearful heart, "Be strong.Don't be afraid.Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God's retribution.He will come and save you.
5
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
6
Then the lame man will leap like a deer,and the tongue of the mute will sing;for waters will break out in the wilderness,and streams in the desert.
7
The burning sand will become a pool,and the thirsty ground springs of water.Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.
8
A highway will be there, a road,and it will be called The Holy Way.The unclean shall not pass over it,but it will be for those who walk in the Way.Wicked fools will not go there.
9
No lion will be there,nor will any ravenous animal go up on it.They will not be found there;but the redeemed will walk there.
10
The The LORD's ransomed ones will return,and come with singing to Zion;and everlasting joy will be on their heads.They will obtain gladness and joy,and sorrow and sighing will flee away."
Isa 35:1-10. CONTINUATION OF THE PROPHECY IN THE THIRTY-FOURTH CHAPTER.
See on Isa 34:1, introduction there.
1. solitary place--literally, "a dry place," without springs of water. A moral wilderness is meant.
for them--namely, on account of the punishment inflicted according to the preceding prophecy on the enemy; probably the blessings set forth in this chapter are included in the causes for joy (Isa 55:12).
rose--rather, "the meadow-saffron," an autumnal flower with bulbous roots; so Syriac translation.