Isaiah 35

New King James Version

The Future Glory of Zion

35 The ^(A)wilderness and the ^[a]wasteland shall be glad for them,
And the ^(B)desert^[b] shall rejoice and blossom as the rose;
²^(C)It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice,
Even with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
The excellence of Carmel and Sharon.
They shall see the ^(D)glory of the Lord,
The excellency of our God.

³^(E)Strengthen the ^[c]weak hands,
And make firm the ^[d]feeble knees.
⁴Say to those who are fearful-hearted,
“Be strong, do not fear!
Behold, your God will come with ^(F)vengeance,
With the recompense of God;
He will come and ^(G)save you.”

⁵Then the ^(H)eyes of the blind shall be opened,
And ^(I)the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
⁶Then the ^(J)lame shall leap like a deer,
And the ^(K)tongue of the dumb sing.
For ^(L)waters shall burst forth in the wilderness,
And streams in the desert.
⁷The parched ground shall become a pool,
And the thirsty land springs of water;
In ^(M)the habitation of jackals, where each lay,
There shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

⁸A ^(N)highway shall be there, and a road,
And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.
^(O)The unclean shall not pass over it,
But it shall be for others.
Whoever walks the road, although a fool,
Shall not go astray.
⁹^(P)No lion shall be there,
Nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it;
It shall not be found there.
But the redeemed shall walk there,
¹⁰And the ^(Q)ransomed of the Lord shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness,
And ^(R)sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 35:1 desert
Isaiah 35:1 Heb. arabah
Isaiah 35:3 Lit. sinking
Isaiah 35:3 tottering or stumbling

Revelation 20:7-10

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Satanic Rebellion Crushed^(A)

⁷Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison ⁸and will go out ^(B)to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, ^(C)Gog and Magog, ^(D)to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. ⁹^(E)They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. ¹⁰The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone ^(F)where^[a] the beast and the false prophet are. And they ^(G)will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

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Revelation 20:10 NU, M where also

Mark 7:31-37

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Jesus Heals a Deaf-Mute^(A)

³¹^(B)Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came through the midst of the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee. ³²Then ^(C)they brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged Him to put His hand on him. ³³And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and ^(D)He spat and touched his tongue. ³⁴Then, ^(E)looking up to heaven, ^(F)He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”

³⁵^(G)Immediately his ears were opened, and the ^[a]impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly. ³⁶Then ^(H)He commanded them that they should tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more widely they proclaimed it. ³⁷And they were ^(I)astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He ^(J)makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”