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Isaiah 35 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

Zion’s Joyful Future

Isa 35:1

The wilderness and the dry land will be glad;

The Arabah (desert) will shout in exultation and blossom

Like the [fn]autumn crocus.

Isa 35:2

It will blossom abundantly

And rejoice with joy and singing.

The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,

The majesty of [Mount] Carmel and [the plain] of Sharon.

They will see the glory of the LORD,

The majesty and splendor of our God.

Isa 35:3

Encourage the exhausted, and make staggering knees firm.

Isa 35:4

Say to those with an anxious and panic-stricken heart,

“Be strong, fear not!

Indeed, your God will come with vengeance [for the ungodly];

The retribution of God will come,

But He will save you.”

Isa 35:5

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened

And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

Isa 35:6

Then the lame will leap like a deer,

And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy.

For waters will break forth in the wilderness

And streams in the desert.

Isa 35:7

And the burning sand (mirage) will become a pool [of water]

And the thirsty ground springs of water;

In the haunt of jackals, [fn]where they lay resting,

Grass becomes reeds and [fn]rushes.

Isa 35:8

A highway will be there, and a roadway;

And it will be called the Holy Way.

The unclean will not travel on it,

But it will be for those who walk on the way [the redeemed];

And fools will not wander on it.

Isa 35:9

No lion will be there,

Nor will any predatory animal come up on it;

They will not be found there.

But the redeemed will walk there.

Isa 35:10

And the ransomed of the LORD will return

And come to Zion with shouts of jubilation,

And everlasting joy will be upon their heads;

They will find joy and gladness,

And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

AMP Footnotes
Or asphodel (lily).
Lit its resting place.
Lit papyrus.
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