⁴ say^(A) to those with fearful hearts,^(B)
    “Be strong, do not fear;^(C)
your God will come,^(D)
    he will come with vengeance;^(E)
with divine retribution
    he will come to save^(F) you.”

⁵ Then will the eyes of the blind be opened^(G)
    and the ears of the deaf^(H) unstopped.
⁶ Then will the lame^(I) leap like a deer,^(J)
    and the mute tongue^(K) shout for joy.^(L)
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
    and streams^(M) in the desert.
⁷ The burning sand will become a pool,
    the thirsty ground^(N) bubbling springs.^(O)
In the haunts where jackals^(P) once lay,
    grass and reeds^(Q) and papyrus will grow.

⁸ And a highway^(R) will be there;
    it will be called the Way of Holiness;^(S)
    it will be for those who walk on that Way.
The unclean^(T) will not journey on it;
    wicked fools will not go about on it.
⁹ No lion^(U) will be there,
    nor any ravenous beast;^(V)
    they will not be found there.
But only the redeemed^(W) will walk there,
¹⁰     and those the Lord has rescued^(X) will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;^(Y)
    everlasting joy^(Z) will crown their heads.
Gladness^(AA) and joy will overtake them,
    and sorrow and sighing will flee away.^(AB)

²¹ They will build houses^(A) and dwell in them;
    they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.^(B)
22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,^(C)
    or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,^(D)
    so will be the days^(E) of my people;
my chosen^(F) ones will long enjoy
    the work of their hands.
²³ They will not labor in vain,^(G)
    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;^(H)
for they will be a people blessed^(I) by the Lord,
    they and their descendants^(J) with them.
²⁴ Before they call^(K) I will answer;^(L)
    while they are still speaking^(M) I will hear.
²⁵ The wolf and the lamb^(N) will feed together,
    and the lion will eat straw like the ox,^(O)
    and dust will be the serpent’s^(P) food.
They will neither harm nor destroy
    on all my holy mountain,”^(Q)
says the Lord.