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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/34.htm" title="Isaiah 34">◄</a> Isaiah 35 <a href="../isaiah/36.htm" title="Isaiah 36">►</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch29035" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn29035" class="cn"></h1> <section> <h2 class="ahaft">Israel’s Deliverance<a id="rfn29035000-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29035000-1">*</a></h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29035001" class="ver">1</span>The wilderness and the parched land will exult;</p> <p class="sl1">the Arabah will rejoice and bloom;<a id="ren29035001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29035001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29035002" class="ver">2</span>Like the crocus it shall bloom abundantly,</p> <p class="sl1">and rejoice with joyful song.</p> <p class="sl">The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,</p> <p class="sl1">the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;</p> <p class="sl">They will see the glory of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">the splendor of our God.<a id="ren29035002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29035002-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29035003" class="ver">3</span>Strengthen hands that are feeble,</p> <p class="sl1">make firm knees that are weak,<a id="ren29035003-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29035003-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29035004" class="ver">4</span>Say to the fearful of heart:</p> <p class="sl1">Be strong, do not fear!</p> <p class="sl">Here is your God,</p> <p class="sl1">he comes with vindication;</p> <p class="sl">With divine recompense</p> <p class="sl1">he comes to save you.<a id="ren29035004-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29035004-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29035005" class="ver">5</span>Then the eyes of the blind shall see,</p> <p class="sl1">and the ears of the deaf be opened;<a id="ren29035005-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29035005-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29035006" class="ver">6</span>Then the lame shall leap like a stag,</p> <p class="sl1">and the mute tongue sing for joy.</p> <p class="sl">For waters will burst forth in the wilderness,</p> <p class="sl1">and streams in the Arabah.<a id="ren29035006-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29035006-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29035007" class="ver">7</span>The burning sands will become pools,</p> <p class="sl1">and the thirsty ground, springs of water;</p> <p class="sl">The abode where jackals crouch</p> <p class="sl1">will be a marsh for the reed and papyrus.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29035008" class="ver">8</span>A highway will be there,</p> <p class="sl1">called the holy way;</p> <p class="sl">No one unclean may pass over it,</p> <p class="sl1">but it will be for his people;</p> <p class="sl1">no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray on it.<a id="ren29035008-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29035008-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29035009" class="ver">9</span>No lion shall be there,</p> <p class="sl1">nor any beast of prey approach,</p> <p class="sl1">nor be found.</p> <p class="sl1">But there the redeemed shall walk,<a id="ren29035009-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29035009-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29035010" class="ver">10</span>And the ransomed of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> shall return,</p> <p class="sl1">and enter Zion singing,</p> <p class="sl1">crowned with everlasting joy;</p> <p class="sl">They meet with joy and gladness,</p> <p class="sl1">sorrow and mourning flee away.<a id="ren29035010-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29035010-i">i</a></p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 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