CHAPTER 35
It will bloom abundantly
and even
rejoice
with joy
and singing.
The glory
of Lebanon
will be given
it,
the splendor
of Carmel
and Sharon.
They
will see
the glory
of the LORD,
the splendor
of our God.
Say
to those with anxious
hearts:
“Be strong,
do not
fear!
Behold,
your God
will come
with vengeance.
With divine
retribution
He
will come
to save you.”
Then
the lame
will leap
like a deer
and the mute
tongue
will shout for joy.
For
waters
will gush forth
in the wilderness,
and streams
in the desert.
The parched ground
will become
a pool,
the thirsty land
springs
of water.
In the haunt
where jackals
once lay,
there will be grass
and reeds
and papyrus.
And there
will be
a highway
called
the Way
of Holiness.
The unclean
will not
travel it,
only
those who walk
in that Way—
and fools
will not
stray onto it.
No
lion
will be
there,
and no
vicious
beast
will go up on it.
Such will not
be found
there,
but the redeemed
will walk upon it,
and the ransomed
of the LORD
will return.
They will enter
Zion
with singing,
crowned
with everlasting
joy.
Joy
and gladness
will overtake them,
and sorrow
and sighing
will flee.