Isaiah 35
New Living Translation
Hope for Restoration
35 Even the wilderness and desert will be glad in those days.
The wasteland will rejoice and blossom with spring crocuses.
2 Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers
and singing and joy!
The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon,
as lovely as Mount Carmel or the plain of Sharon.
There the Lord will display his glory,
the splendor of our God.
3 With this news, strengthen those who have tired hands,
and encourage those who have weak knees.
4 Say to those with fearful hearts,
“Be strong, and do not fear,
for your God is coming to destroy your enemies.
He is coming to save you.”
5 And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind
and unplug the ears of the deaf.
6 The lame will leap like a deer,
and those who cannot speak will sing for joy!
Springs will gush forth in the wilderness,
and streams will water the wasteland.
7 The parched ground will become a pool,
and springs of water will satisfy the thirsty land.
Marsh grass and reeds and rushes will flourish
where desert jackals once lived.
8 And a great road will go through that once deserted land.
It will be named the Highway of Holiness.
Evil-minded people will never travel on it.
It will be only for those who walk in God’s ways;
fools will never walk there.
9 Lions will not lurk along its course,
nor any other ferocious beasts.
There will be no other dangers.
Only the redeemed will walk on it.
10 Those who have been ransomed by the Lord will return.
They will enter Jerusalem[a] singing,
crowned with everlasting joy.
Sorrow and mourning will disappear,
and they will be filled with joy and gladness.
Footnotes
- 35:10 Hebrew Zion.
Isaiah 35
Legacy Standard Bible
The Joy of the Redeemed
35 The (A)wilderness and the desert will be delighted,
And the [a](B)Arabah will rejoice and flourish;
Like the crocus
2 It will (C)flourish profusely
And (D)rejoice with rejoicing and shout of joy.
The (E)glory of Lebanon will be given to it,
The majesty of (F)Carmel and Sharon.
They will see the (G)glory of Yahweh,
The majesty of our God.
3 (H)Strengthen limp hands, and give courage to the knees of the stumbling.
4 Say to those with an (I)anxious heart,
“Be strong, fear not.
Behold, your God will come with (J)vengeance;
The (K)recompense of God will come,
But He will (L)save you.”
5 Then the (M)eyes of the blind will be opened,
And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
6 Then the (N)lame will leap like a deer,
And the (O)tongue of the mute will shout for joy.
For waters will break forth in the (P)wilderness
And streams in the [b]Arabah.
7 Then the [c]scorched land will become a pool
And the thirsty ground (Q)springs of water;
In the (R)haunt of jackals, its resting place,
Grass becomes reeds and rushes.
8 (S)And a [d]roadway will be there, (T)a highway,
And it will be called the Highway of (U)Holiness.
The unclean will not pass by on it,
But it will be for him who walks in that way,
And (V)ignorant fools will not wander on it.
9 No (W)lion will be there,
Nor will any vicious beast go up on it;
[e]These will not be found there.
But (X)the redeemed will walk there,
10 And (Y)the ransomed of Yahweh will return
And come with joyful shouting to Zion,
With everlasting gladness upon their heads.
They will [f]attain delight and gladness,
And (Z)sorrow and sighing will flee away.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 35:1 Or desert
- Isaiah 35:6 Or desert
- Isaiah 35:7 Or mirage
- Isaiah 35:8 Or highway, cf. 36:2; 40:3; 49:11
- Isaiah 35:9 Lit It
- Isaiah 35:10 Lit overtake
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