Zion’s Happy Future
35 The (A)wilderness and the desert will rejoice,
And the (B)desert will shout for joy and blossom;
Like the crocus
2 It will (C)blossom profusely
And (D)rejoice with joy and jubilation.
The (E)glory of Lebanon will be given to it,
The majesty of (F)Carmel and Sharon.
They will see the (G)glory of the Lord,
The majesty of our God.
3 (H)Strengthen the exhausted, and make the feeble strong.
4 Say to those with (I)anxious heart,
“Take courage, fear not.
Behold, your God will come with (J)vengeance;
The (K)retribution of God will come,
But He will (L)save you.”
5 Then the (M)eyes of those who are blind will be opened,
And the ears of those who are deaf will be unstopped.
6 Then those who (N)limp will leap like a deer,
And the (O)tongue of those who cannot speak will shout for joy.
For waters will burst forth in the (P)wilderness,
And streams in the desert.
7 The 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)A highway will be there, (T)a roadway,
And it will be called the Highway of (U)Holiness.
The unclean will not travel on it,
But it will be for the one who walks that way,
And (V)fools will not wander on it.
9 No (W)lion will be there,
Nor will any vicious animal go up on it;
They will not be found there.
But (X)the redeemed will walk there,
10 And (Y)the redeemed of the Lord will return
And come to Zion with joyful shouting,
And everlasting joy will be on their heads.
They will obtain gladness and joy,
And (Z)sorrow and sighing will flee away.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 35:1
- Isaiah 35:3
- Isaiah 35:3
- Isaiah 35:6
- Isaiah 35:7
- Isaiah 35:9
Cross references
- Isaiah 35:1 : Is 6:11; 7:21-25; 27:10; 41:18; 55:12, 13
- Isaiah 35:1 : Is 41:19; 51:3
- Isaiah 35:2 : Is 27:6; 32:15
- Isaiah 35:2 : Is 25:9; 35:10; 55:12, 13; 66:10, 14
- Isaiah 35:2 : Is 60:13
- Isaiah 35:2 : Song 7:5
- Isaiah 35:2 : Is 25:9
- Isaiah 35:3 : Job 4:3, 4; Heb 12:12
- Isaiah 35:4 : Is 32:4
- Isaiah 35:4 : Is 1:24; 47:3; 61:2; 63:4
- Isaiah 35:4 : Is 34:8; 59:18
- Isaiah 35:4 : Ps 145:19; Is 33:22; 35:4
- Isaiah 35:5 : Is 29:18; 32:3, 4; 42:7, 16; 50:4; Matt 11:5; John 9:6, 7
- Isaiah 35:6 : Matt 15:30; John 5:8, 9; Acts 3:8
- Isaiah 35:6 : Matt 9:32; Luke 11:14
- Isaiah 35:6 : Is 35:1; 41:18; 43:19; 49:10; 51:3; John 7:38
- Isaiah 35:7 : Is 49:10
- Isaiah 35:7 : Is 13:22; 34:13
- Isaiah 35:8 : Is 11:16; 19:23; 40:3; 49:11; 62:10
- Isaiah 35:8 : Is 30:21; 51:10
- Isaiah 35:8 : Is 4:3; 52:1; Matt 7:13, 14; 1 Pet 1:15, 16
- Isaiah 35:8 : Is 33:8
- Isaiah 35:9 : Is 5:29; 30:6
- Isaiah 35:9 : Is 51:10; 62:12; 63:4
- Isaiah 35:10 : Is 1:27; 51:11
- Isaiah 35:10 : Is 25:8; 30:19; 65:19; Rev 7:17; 21:4
