Isaiah 35:3–10

³Strengthen the feeble hands,

steady the knees^q that give way;

⁴say^r to those with fearful hearts,^s

“Be strong, do not fear;^t

your God will come,^u

he will come with vengeance;^v

with divine retribution

he will come to save^w you.”

⁵Then will the eyes of the blind be opened^x

and the ears of the deaf^y unstopped.

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

and the mute tongue^b shout for joy.^c

Water will gush forth in the wilderness

and streams^d in the desert.

⁷The burning sand will become a pool,

the thirsty ground^e bubbling springs.^f

In the haunts where jackals^g once lay,

grass and reeds^h and papyrus will grow.

⁸And a highwayⁱ will be there;

it will be called the Way of Holiness;^j

it will be for those who walk on that Way.

The unclean^k will not journey on it;

wicked fools will not go about on it.

⁹No lion^l will be there,

nor any ravenous beast;^m

they will not be found there.

But only the redeemedⁿ will walk there,

¹⁰and those the Lord has rescued^o will return.

They will enter Zion with singing;^p

everlasting joy^q will crown their heads.

Gladness^r and joy will overtake them,

and sorrow and sighing will flee away.^s