Isaiah 35:3–10

³Strengthen the weak hands,

steady the shaking knees! ^w

⁴Say to the cowardly:

“Be strong; do not fear!

Here is your God; vengeance is coming. ^x

God’s retribution is coming; He will save you.” ^y

⁵Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,

and the ears of the deaf unstopped. ^z

⁶Then the lame will leap like a deer, ^a

and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy, ^b

for water will gush in the wilderness,

and streams in the desert; ^c

⁷the parched ground will become a pool of water,

and the thirsty land springs of water. ^d

In the haunt of jackals, ^ein their lairs,

there will be grass, reeds, and papyrus.

⁸A road will be there and a way; ^f

it will be called the Holy Way. ^g

The unclean will not travel on it, ^h

but it will be for the one who walks the path. ⁱ

Even the fool will not go astray.

⁹There will be no lion there,

and no vicious beast will go up on it;

they will not be found there.

But the redeemed will walk on it,

¹⁰and the redeemed of the Lord will return ^j

and come to Zion with singing,

crowned with unending joy.

Joy and gladness will overtake them,

and sorrow and sighing will flee. ^k