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1The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad;[#Isa 51.3; 55.12]
the desert shall rejoice and blossom;
like the crocus
2it shall blossom abundantly[#v 10; Isa 25.9; 32.15; 60.13]
and rejoice with joy and shouting.
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
the majesty of Carmel and Sharon.
They shall see the glory of the Lord ,
the majesty of our God.]]
3Strengthen the weak hands[#Job 4.3, 4; Heb 12.12]
and make firm the feeble knees.
4Say to those who are of a fearful heart,[#Ps 145.19; Isa 1.24; 34.8]
“Be strong, do not fear!
Here is your God.
He will come with vengeance,
with terrible recompense.
He will come and save you.”
5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,[#Isa 29.18; Mt 11.5; Jn 9.6, 7]
and the ears of the deaf shall be opened;
6then the lame shall leap like a deer,[#Isa 41.18; 43.19; Mt 9.32; 15.30; Jn 5.8, 9; 7.38; Acts 3.8]
and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy.
For waters shall break forth in the wilderness
and streams in the desert;
7the burning sand shall become a pool[#Isa 34.13; 49.10]
and the thirsty ground springs of water;
the haunt of jackals shall become a swamp;
the grass shall become reeds and rushes.
8A highway shall be there,[#Isa 62.10; Jer 14.8; Mt 7.13, 14; #35.8 Q ms Gk Syr: MT A highway and a way shall be there]
and it shall be called the Holy Way;
the unclean shall not travel on it,
but it shall be for God’s people;
no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray.
9No lion shall be there,[#Isa 30.6; 34.14; 62.12]
nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;
they shall not be found there,
but the redeemed shall walk there.
10And the ransomed of the Lord shall return[#Isa 25.8; 51.11; 65.19; Rev 7.17; 21.4]
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.