Isaiah 35 — ULB

35Verse 1The wilderness and the Arabah will be glad; and the desert will rejoice and blossom.
Like the rose,
^{Verse 2}it will blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing;
the glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;
they will see the glory of Yahweh, the splendor of our God.
^{Verse 3}Strengthen the weak hands, and steady the knees that shake.
^{Verse 4}Say to those with a fearful heart, “Be strong, do not fear!
Look, your God will come with vengeance,
with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.”
^{Verse 5}Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears of the deaf will hear.
^{Verse 6}Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the mute tongue will sing,
for water breaks out in the Arabah, and streams in the wilderness.
^{Verse 7}The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water;
in the habitation of jackals, where they once lay, will be grass with reeds and rushes.
^{Verse 8}A highway will be there called The Holy Way.
The unclean will not travel it. But it will be for him who walks in it.
No fool will go on it.
^{Verse 9}No lion will be there, no ferocious beast will be on it; they will not be found there,
but the redeemed will walk there.
^{Verse 10}The ransomed of Yahweh will return
and come with singing to Zion, and everlasting joy will be on their heads;
gladness and joy will overtake them; sorrow and sighing will flee away.