Chapter 35: A highway will be there; called the Holy Way

Book of the Prophet Isaiah

first of the "Major Prophets"

Chapter 35: 1 - 10

Common English Study Bible

published in 2013

The desert and the dry land

will be glad;  the wilderness

will rejoice and blossom

like the crocus.  They will 

burst into bloom,

and rejoice with joy & singing.

They will receive the glory of

Lebanon, the splendor of Carmel

and Sharon.  They will see the 

Lord's glory, the splendor of our God!

Strengthen the weak hands,

and support the unsteady knees.

Say to those who are panicking:

'Be strong! Don't fear! Here's

your God, coming with vengeance;

with divine retribution God will come

to save you.'

Then the eyes of the blind will be

opened, and the ears of the deaf will

be cleared.  Then the lame will leap

like the deer, and the tongue of the

speechless will sing.  Waters will

spring up in the desert, and streams

in the wilderness.  The burning sand 

will become a pool, and the thirsty

ground, fountains of water.

The jackals' habitat, a pasture;

grass will become reeds & rushes.

A highway will be there.  It will be

called The Holy Way

[ also Isaiah 40:3; 42:16; 57:14; 62:10 ]

The unclean won't travel on it,

but it will be for those walking on that

way.  Even fools won't get lost on it; 

no lion will be there,

and no predator will go up on it.

None of these will be there;

only the redeemed will walk on it.

The Lord's ransomed ones will return

and enter Zion with singing,

with everlasting joy upon their heads.

Happiness and joy will overwhelm them;

grief and groaning will flee away.