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do not fear!</p><p class="poem">Here is your God; vengeance is coming.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.35.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">God’s retribution is coming; he will save you.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.35.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.35.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/35-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,</p><p class="poem">and the ears of the deaf unstopped.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.35.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.35.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/35-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then the lame will leap like a deer,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.35.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.35.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">for water will gush in the wilderness,</p><p class="poem">and streams in the desert;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.35.6.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.35.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/35-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>the parched ground will become a pool,</p><p class="poem">and the thirsty land, springs.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.35.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">In the haunt of jackals,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.35.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> in their lairs,</p><p class="poem">there will be grass, reeds, and papyrus.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.35.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/35-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>A road will be there and a way;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.35.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">it will be called the Holy Way.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.35.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">The unclean will not travel on it,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.35.8.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">but it will be for the one who walks the path.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.35.8.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a></p><p class="poem">Fools will not wander on it.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.35.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/35-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>There will be no lion there,</p><p class="poem">and no vicious beast will go up on it;</p><p class="poem">they will not be found there.</p><p class="poem">But the redeemed will walk on it,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.35.10" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/35-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and the ransomed of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> will return<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.35.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and come to Zion with singing,</p><p class="poem">crowned with unending joy.</p><p class="poem">Joy and gladness will overtake them,</p><p class="poem">and sorrow and sighing will flee.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.35.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Isaiah.35" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Isaiah.35.1.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.1">35:1</a></span> Or <span class="italic">meadow saffron</span> ; traditionally <span class="italic">rose</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Isaiah.35" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.35.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.1">35:1</a></span> Ps 65:12; Is 6:11; 7:21–25; 27:10; 32:15; 41:18–19; 51:3; 55:12–13</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.35.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.2">35:2</a></span> Sg 2:1; 5:15; 7:5; Is 33:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.35.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.2">35:2</a></span> Ex 16:7,10; Lv 9:6,23; Nm 29:6; Is 40:5; Ezk 1:28; 3:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.35.2.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.2">35:2</a></span> Ps 45:3–4; 96:6; 104:1; 145:5,12; Is 2:10,19,21; 53:2; 63:1; Ezk 16:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.35.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.3">35:3</a></span> Heb 12:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.35.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.4">35:4</a></span> Is 1:24; 34:8; 47:3; 59:17; 61:2; 63:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.35.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.4">35:4</a></span> Is 33:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.35.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.5">35:5</a></span> Is 29:18; 32:3–4; 42:7,16,18; 50:4; Mt 11:5; Lk 7:22; Jn 9:6–7</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.35.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.6">35:6</a></span> Zph 3:19; Mt 11:5; 15:30–31; 21:14; Ac 3:1–8; 8:7; 14:8–10</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.35.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.6">35:6</a></span> Ex 4:11; Mk 7:32; 9:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.35.6.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.6">35:6</a></span> Is 41:18; 43:19; Jn 7:38–39</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.35.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.7">35:7</a></span> Is 49:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.35.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.7">35:7</a></span> Is 13:22; 34:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.35.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.8">35:8</a></span> Is 40:3; 42:16; 43:16,19; 49:11; 51:10; 57:14; 62:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.35.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.8">35:8</a></span> Is 4:3; 52:1; Mt 7:13–14; 1Pt 1:15–16</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.35.8.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.8">35:8</a></span> Is 52:1; Rv 21:27</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.35.8.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.8">35:8</a></span> Ps 139:24; Is 2:3; 8:11; 30:21; 42:24; 48:17; 58:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.35.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.10">35:10</a></span> Is 51:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.35.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.35.10">35:10</a></span> Is 65:19; Rm 9:2; Rv 21:4</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Isaiah.35" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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