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href="../isaiah/35-6.htm" title="Isaiah 35:6">◄</a> Isaiah 35:7 <a href="../isaiah/35-8.htm" title="Isaiah 35:8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Context</div><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/35-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>The scorched land will become a pool<br>         And the thirsty ground springs of water;<br>         In the haunt of jackals, its resting place,<br>         Grass <i>becomes</i> reeds and rushes. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/35-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>A highway will be there, a roadway,<br>         And it will be called the Highway of Holiness.<br>         The unclean will not travel on it,<br>         But it <i>will</i> be for him who walks <i>that</i> way,<br>         And fools will not wander <i>on it.</i> <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/35-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>No lion will be there,<br>         Nor will any vicious beast go up on it;<br>         These will not be found there.<br>         But the redeemed will walk <i>there,</i> <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/35-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>And the ransomed of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> will return<br>         And come with joyful shouting to Zion,<br>         With everlasting joy upon their heads.<br>         They will find gladness and joy,<br>         And sorrow and sighing will flee away. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/35.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/35.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And that which was dry land, shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water. In the dens where dragons dwell before, shall rise up the verdure of the reed and the bulrush. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/isaiah/35.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the mirage shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of wild dogs, where they lay down, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/35.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/35.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/35.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/35.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the mirage hath become a pond, And the thirsty land fountains of waters, In the habitation of dragons, Its place of couching down, a court for reed and rush.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/what_lifes_journey_may_be.htm">What Life's Journey May Be</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'The redeemed shall walk there: And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.'--ISAIAH XXXV 9,10. We have here the closing words of Isaiah's prophecy. It has been steadily rising, and now it has reached the summit. Men restored to all their powers, a supernatural communication of a new life, a pathway for our journey--these have been the visions of the preceding <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/what_lifes_journey_may_be.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/miracles_of_healing.htm">Miracles of Healing</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'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.'--ISAIAH xxxv. 5,6. 'Then'--when? The previous verse answers, 'Behold, your God will come, He will come and save you.' And what or when is that 'coming'? A glance at the place which this grand hymn occupies in the series of Isaiah's prophecies answers that question. It stands at the close of the first part of these, and is the limit of <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/miracles_of_healing.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/mirage_or_lake.htm">Mirage or Lake</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'For in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water.' ISAIAH xxxv. 6, 7. What a picture is painted in these verses! The dreary wilderness stretches before us, monotonous, treeless, in some parts bearing a scanty vegetation which flourishes in early spring and dies before fierce summer heats, but for the most part utterly desolate, the sand blinding the eyes, the ground cracked and gaping as if <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/mirage_or_lake.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_kings_highway.htm">The King's Highway</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there.'--ISAIAH xxxv. 8, 9. We can fancy what it is to be lost in a forest where a traveller may ride round in a circle, thinking he is advancing, till he dies. But it is <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_kings_highway.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah_vol_1/sermon_xii_effects_of_messiahs.htm">Effects of Messiah's Appearance</a><br></span><span class="snippet">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. H ow beautiful and magnificent is the imagery, by which the Prophet, in this chapter, represents the effects of MESSIAH'S appearance! The scene, proposed to our view, is a barren and desolate wilderness. But when He, who in the beginning said, Let there be light, and there was light, condescends to visit this wilderness, the face of nature is <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah_vol_1/sermon_xii_effects_of_messiahs.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Newton—</span><span class="citation2">Messiah Vol. 1</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_5_1859/weak_hands_and_feeble_knees.htm">Weak Hands and Feeble Knees</a><br></span><span class="snippet">But my text, especially commands the minister to deal tenderly with those of Christ's people who are in such a condition, and these are not a few, for although religion changes the moral temperament of men, it does not change the physical. A man who is weak in health before conversion will probably be as weak afterwards, and many a spirit that has a tendency to despondency, has exhibited that tendency after conversion. We do not profess that the religion of Christ will so thoroughly change a man <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_5_1859/weak_hands_and_feeble_knees.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 5: 1859</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/howard/standards_of_life_and_service/vii_the_pathway_of_the.htm">The Pathway of the Holy</a><br></span><span class="snippet"> An highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness.' (Isaiah xxxv. 8.) One would think that Isaiah was speaking of two separate roads, for his prophetic eye sees 'a highway and a way' along which the course of God's people runs. Perhaps we may interpret the prophet's distinction as referring to the higher and lower paths along some of the roadways in the Holy City; but he makes it quite plain that the course of the truly godly may be correctly described as 'The <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/howard/standards_of_life_and_service/vii_the_pathway_of_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">T. H. Howard—</span><span class="citation2">Standards of Life and Service</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hession/the_calvary_road/chapter_4_the_highway_of.htm">The Highway of Holiness</a><br></span><span class="snippet">One of the things that we must learn if we are to live the victorious Christian life is its utter simplicity. How complicated we have made it! Great volumes are written, all sorts of technical phrases are used, we are told the secret lies in this, or that and so on. But to most of us, it is all so complicated that, although we know it in theory, we are unable to relate what we know to our practical daily living. In order to make the simple truths we have been considering even clearer, we want in <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hession/the_calvary_road/chapter_4_the_highway_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Roy Hession and Revel Hession—</span><span class="citation2">The Calvary Road</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bevan/hymns_of_ter_steegen_and_others_second_series/the_blessed_country.htm">The Blessed Country</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose."--Is. xxxv. 1. C. P. C. tr., Emma Frances Bevan, 1899 O glad the wilderness for me, And glad the solitary place, Since Thou hast made mine eyes to see, To see Thy Face. Not heavenly fields, but desert sands Rejoice and blossom as the rose; For through the dry and thirsty lands Thy River flows. O Way beside that living tide. The Way, the Truth, the Life art Thou; I drink, and I <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bevan/hymns_of_ter_steegen_and_others_second_series/the_blessed_country.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Frances Bevan—</span><span class="citation2">Hymns of Ter Steegen and Others (Second Series)</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bevan/hymns_of_ter_steegen_and_others_second_series/light_and_sound.htm">Light and Sound</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped."--Is. xxxv. 5. C. P. C. tr., Emma Frances Bevan, 1899 Thou glorious Lord! mine eyes at last unsealed Behold Thee now-- In sudden radiance to my soul revealed, Light, sight, art Thou. One moment--and the night has passed away, Unbarred the prison; And I pass forth to God's eternal day, The dead arisen. One moment--and I see Thy glorious Face Look down on me, Unutterable love that fills all space, Where'er I <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bevan/hymns_of_ter_steegen_and_others_second_series/light_and_sound.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Frances Bevan—</span><span class="citation2">Hymns of Ter Steegen and Others (Second Series)</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bevan/hymns_of_ter_steegen_suso_and_others/oil_and_wine.htm">Oil and Wine</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Gerhard Ter Steegen Is. xxxv. 10 There is a balm for every pain, A medicine for all sorrow; The eye turned backward to the Cross, And forward to the morrow. The morrow of the glory and the psalm, When He shall come; The morrow of the harping and the palm, The welcome home. Meantime in His beloved hands our ways, And on His Heart the wandering heart at rest; And comfort for the weary one who lays His head upon His Breast. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bevan/hymns_of_ter_steegen_suso_and_others/oil_and_wine.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Frances Bevan—</span><span class="citation2">Hymns of Ter Steegen, Suso, and Others</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/35-7.htm">Isaiah 35:7 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/isaiah/35-7.htm">Isaiah 35:7 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/isaiah/35-7.htm">Isaiah 35:7 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/isaiah/35-7.htm">Isaiah 35:7 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/isaiah/35-7.htm">Isaiah 35:7 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/35-7.htm">Isaiah 35:7 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/isaiah/35-7.htm">Isaiah 35:7 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/35-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 35:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 35:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/35-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 35:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 35:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/isaiah/35-7.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>