Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

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Strengthen the weak hands
    and make the staggering knees firm.

Say to those who are hasty of heart,

“Be strong; you must not fear!
    Look! your God will come with vengeance,
with divine retribution.[a]
    He is the one who[b] will come and save you.”
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
    and the ears of the deaf shall be opened.
Then the lame shall leap like the deer,
    and the tongue of the dumb shall sing for joy,
for waters shall break forth in the wilderness
    and streams in the desert.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 35:4 Literally “the retribution of gods”
  2. Isaiah 35:4 Literally “he”