Isaiah 35:6-8

Contemporary English Version

^6 (A) Those who were lame
    will leap around like deer;
tongues once silent
    will shout for joy.
Water will rush
    through the desert.
⁷ Scorching sand
    will turn into a lake,
and thirsty ground
    will flow with fountains.
Grass will grow in deserts,
where packs of wild dogs
    once made their home.^[a]

⁸ A good road will be there,
and it will be named
    “God's Sacred Highway.”
It will be for God's people;
no one unfit to worship God
    will walk on that road.
And no fools can travel
    on that highway.^[b]