Dual Panel1Let the desert <04057> and dry region <06723> be happy <07797>; let the wilderness <06160> rejoice <01523> and bloom <06524> like a lily <02261>!
2Let it richly bloom <06524> <06524>; let it rejoice <01523> and <0637> shout <07442> with delight <01525>! It is given <05414> the grandeur <03519> of Lebanon <03844>, the splendor <01926> of Carmel <03760> and Sharon <08289>. They <01992> will see <07200> the grandeur <03519> of the Lord <03068>, the splendor <01926> of our God <0430>.
3Strengthen <02388> the hands <03027> that have gone limp <07504>, steady <0553> the knees <01290> that shake <03782>!
4Tell <0559> those who panic <03820> <04116>, “Be strong <02388>! Do not <0408> fear <03372>! Look <02009>, your God <0430> comes <0935> to avenge <05359>! With divine <0430> retribution <01576> he comes <0935> to deliver <03467> you.”
5Then <0227> blind <05787> eyes <05869> will open <06491>, deaf <02795> ears <0241> will hear <06605>.
6Then <0227> the lame <06455> will leap <01801> like a deer <0354>, the mute <0483> tongue <03956> will shout <07442> for joy; for <03588> water <04325> will flow <01234> in the desert <04057>, streams <05158> in the wilderness <06160>.
7The dry soil <08273> will become <01961> a pool <098> of water, the parched ground <06774> springs <04002> of water <04325>. Where jackals <08577> once lived and sprawled out <07258>, grass <02682>, reeds <07070>, and papyrus <01573> will grow.
8A thoroughfare <04547> will be <01961> there <08033>– it <01870> will be called <07121> the Way <01870> of Holiness <06944>. The unclean <02931> will not <03808> travel <05674> on it; it <01931> is reserved for those authorized to use <01980> it <01870>– fools <0191> will not <03808> stray <08582> into it.
9No <03808> lions <0738> will be <01961> there <08033>, no <01077> ferocious <06530> wild animals <02416> will be on it– they will not <03808> be found <04672> there <08033>. Those delivered from bondage <01350> will travel <01980> on it,
10those whom the Lord <03068> has ransomed <06299> will return <07725> that way. They will enter <0935> Zion <06726> with a happy <08057> shout <07440>. Unending <05769> joy will crown <07218> them, happiness <08342> and joy <08057> will overwhelm <05381> them; grief <03015> and suffering <0585> will disappear <05127>.