> [[isaiah-34|← Previous]] | [[isaiah-00|TOC]] | [[isaiah-36|Next →]] --- # Isaiah, Chapter 35 ## Chapter 35 ### Israel’s Deliverance 1 The wilderness and the parched land will exult; ^isaiah-35-1 the Arabah will rejoice and bloom; 2 Like the crocus it shall bloom abundantly, ^isaiah-35-2 and rejoice with joyful song. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God. 3 Strengthen hands that are feeble, ^isaiah-35-3 make firm knees that are weak, 4 Say to the fearful of heart: ^isaiah-35-4 Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God, he comes with vindication; With divine recompense he comes to save you. 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall see, ^isaiah-35-5 and the ears of the deaf be opened; 6 Then the lame shall leap like a stag, ^isaiah-35-6 and the mute tongue sing for joy. For waters will burst forth in the wilderness, and streams in the Arabah. 7 The burning sands will become pools, ^isaiah-35-7 and the thirsty ground, springs of water; The abode where jackals crouch will be a marsh for the reed and papyrus. 8 A highway will be there, ^isaiah-35-8 called the holy way; No one unclean may pass over it, but it will be for his people; no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray on it. 9 No lion shall be there, ^isaiah-35-9 nor any beast of prey approach, nor be found. But there the redeemed shall walk, 10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, ^isaiah-35-10 and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; They meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning flee away. \* (35:1] – [10) This chapter contains a number of themes similar to those in Deutero-Isaiah (chaps. [40] – [55]), for example, the blossoming of the wilderness (vv. [1] – [2]; cf. [41:18] – [19]), which is now well-irrigated (v. [7]; cf. [43:19] – [20]); sight to the blind (vv. [5] – [6]; cf. [42:7], [16]); a highway in the wilderness (v. [8]; cf. [41:3]); and the return of the redeemed/ransomed to Zion (vv. [9] – [10]; cf. [51:11]). Nevertheless, it forms a unit with chap. [34] (see note on [34:1] – [35:10]) and reflects, along with that chapter, themes found in chaps. [1] – [33]. a. (35:1) [Is 41:18] – [19]; [55:12] – [13]. b. (35:2) [Is 40:5]; [60:13]. c. (35:3) [Is 40:29] – [30]; [Jb 4:3] – [4]; [Heb 12:12]. d. (35:4) [Is 41:10]; [Zec 8:13]. e. (35:5) [Is 29:18]; [32:3]. f. (35:6) [Is 32:3] – [4]; [41:18]; [43:19] – [20]; [44:3]; ([[matthew-11|Mt 11]]:5]. g. (35:8) [[isaiah-11|Is 11]]:16; [43:19]; [49:11]. h. (35:9) [Is 62:10]; [Lv 26:6]. i. (35:10) [Is 51:11]. --- _New American Bible, revised edition_ (2010, 1991, 1986, 1970) Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. > [[isaiah-34|← Previous]] | [[isaiah-00|TOC]] | [[isaiah-36|Next →]]