Dual Panel1The wilderness <04057> and the solitary place <06723> shall be glad <07797> (8799) for them; and the desert <06160> shall rejoice <01523> (8799)_, and blossom <06524> (8799) as the rose <02261>_.
2It shall blossom <06524> (8799) abundantly <06524> (8800)_, and rejoice <01523> (8799) even with joy <01525> and singing <07444> (8763)_: the glory <03519> of Lebanon <03844> shall be given <05414> (8738) unto it, the excellency <01926> of Carmel <03760> and Sharon <08289>_, they shall see <07200> (8799) the glory <03519> of the LORD <03068>_, [and] the excellency <01926> of our God <0430>_.
3Strengthen <02388> (8761) ye the weak <07504> hands <03027>_, and confirm <0553> (8761) the feeble <03782> (8802) knees <01290>_.
4Say <0559> (8798) to them [that are] of a fearful <04116> (8737) heart <03820>_, Be strong <02388> (8798)_, fear <03372> (8799) not: behold, your God <0430> will come <0935> (8799) [with] vengeance <05359>_, [even] God <0430> [with] a recompence <01576>_; he will come <0935> (8799) and save <03467> (8686) you. {fearful: Heb. hasty}
5Then the eyes <05869> of the blind <05787> shall be opened <06491> (8735)_, and the ears <0241> of the deaf <02795> shall be unstopped <06605> (8735)_.
6Then shall the lame <06455> [man] leap <01801> (8762) as an hart <0354>_, and the tongue <03956> of the dumb <0483> sing <07442> (8799)_: for in the wilderness <04057> shall waters <04325> break out <01234> (8738)_, and streams <05158> in the desert <06160>_.
7And the parched ground <08273> shall become a pool <098>_, and the thirsty land <06774> springs <04002> of water <04325>_: in the habitation <05116> of dragons <08577>_, where each lay <07258>_, [shall be] grass <02682> with reeds <07070> and rushes <01573>_. {grass...: or, a court for reeds, etc}
8And an highway <04547> shall be there, and a way <01870>_, and it shall be called <07121> (8735) The way <01870> of holiness <06944>_; the unclean <02931> shall not pass over <05674> (8799) it; but it [shall be] for those: the wayfaring men <01980> (8802)_, though fools <0191>_, shall not err <08582> (8799) [therein]. {but...: or, for he shall be with them}
9No lion <0738> shall be there, nor [any] ravenous <06530> beast <02416> shall go up <05927> (8799) thereon, it shall not be found <04672> (8735) there; but the redeemed <01350> (8803) shall walk <01980> (8804) [there]:
10And the ransomed <06299> (8803) of the LORD <03068> shall return <07725> (8799)_, and come <0935> (8804) to Zion <06726> with songs <07440> and everlasting <05769> joy <08057> upon their heads <07218>_: they shall obtain <05381> (8686) joy <08057> and gladness <08342>_, and sorrow <03015> and sighing <0585> shall flee away <05127> (8804)_.