Isaiah

35 Wilderness and arid land shall rejoice; desert shall jubilate and bloom. 2 Like narcissus bloom it shall, and jubilate too it shall, and carol; it is given the majesty of the Lebanon, the glory of the Carmel and the Sharon; these shall see Jehovah’s majesty, our God’s glory.

3 Strengthen unstrung hands and invigorate stumbling knees; 4* say to excited souls “Courage, have no fear: here is your God! vengeance is coming, your God’s retribution; he himself is coming to save you.” 5 Then blind men’s eyes will be opened and deaf men’s ears unlocked. 6* Then a lame man will leap like a deer and a dumb man’s tongue will carol because water has broken out in the wilderness and freshets are running in the desert, 7** and the parching sands will become a pool and thirsty ground springs of water, jackals’ home a marsh, grass reeds and papyrus; 8* and there will be an embankment there and a road, and it will be called the Sacred Road. Nothing unclean or profane will pass along it, stroller and fools will not stray; 9* there will be no lion there, nor will savage beast come up on it; one will not be found there, but rescued men will go. 10 And Jehovah’s ransomed will come back and come to Sion with caroling, with eternal gladness on their heads; gladness and rejoicing will arrive, and sorrow and moaning will take flight.