35:1 ¶
Be glad, thou thirsty desert: let the wilderness exult, and flower as the lily. |
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35:1 ¶
The wilderness°
and the solitary place°
shall be glad°°
for them; and the desert°
shall rejoice,°°
and blossom°°
as the rose.° |
35:2
And the desert places of Jordan shall blossom and rejoice; the glory of Lebanon{gr.Libanus} has been given to it, and the honour of Carmel; and my people shall see the glory of the Lord, and the majesty of God. |
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35:2
It shall blossom°°
abundantly,°°
and rejoice°°
even°
with joy°
and singing:°°°
the glory°
of Lebanon°
shall be given°°
unto it, the excellency°
of Carmel°
and Sharon,°
they°
shall see°°
the glory°
of Yahweh,°
[and] the excellency°
of our Elohim.° |
35:3 ¶
Be strong, ye relaxed hands and palsied knees. |
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35:3 ¶
Strengthen°°
ye the weak°
hands,°
and confirm°°
the feeble°°
knees.° |
35:4
Comfort one another, ye fainthearted; be strong, fear not; behold, our God renders judgement, and he will render [it]; he will come and save us. |
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35:4
Say°°
to them [that are] of a fearful°°
heart,°
Be strong,°°
fear°°
not:°
behold,°
your Elohim°
will come°°
[with] vengeance,°
[even] Elohim°
[with] a recompence;°
he°
will come°°
and save°°
you. |
35:5
Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear. |
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35:5
Then°
the eyes°
of the blind°
shall be opened,°°
and the ears°
of the deaf°
shall be unstopped.°° |
35:6
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the stammerers shall speak plainly; for water has burst forth in the desert, and a channel [of water] in a thirsty land. |
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35:6
Then°
shall the lame°
[man] leap°°
as an hart,°
and the tongue°
of the dumb°
sing:°°
for°
in the wilderness°
shall waters°
break out,°°
and streams°
in the desert.° |
35:7
And the dry land shall become pools, and a fountain of water shall [be poured] into the thirsty land; there shall there be a joy of birds, ready habitations and marshes. |
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35:7
And the parched ground°
shall become°
a pool,°
and the thirsty land°
springs°
of water:°
in the habitation°
of dragons,°°
where each lay,°
[shall be] grass°
with reeds°
and rushes.° |
35:8
There shall be there a pure way, and it shall be called a holy way; and there shall not pass by there any unclean person, neither shall there be there an unclean way; but the dispersed shall walk on it, and they shall not go astray. |
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35:8
And an highway°
shall be°
there,°
and a way,°
and it shall be called°°
The way°
of holiness;°
the unclean°
shall not°
pass over°°
it; but it°
[shall be] for those: the wayfaring men,°°°
though fools,°
shall not°
err°°
[therein]. |
35:9
And there shall be no lion there, neither shall any evil beast go up upon it, nor at all be found there; but the redeemed and gathered on the Lord's behalf, shall walk in it, |
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35:9
No°
lion°
shall be°
there,°
nor°
[any] ravenous°
beast°
shall go up°°
thereon, it shall not°
be found°°
there;°
but the redeemed°°
shall walk°°
[there]: |
35:10
and shall return, and come to Zion{gr.Sion} with joy, and everlasting joy [shall be] over their head; for on their head [shall be] praise and exultation, and joy shall take possession of them: sorrow and pain, and groaning have fled away. |
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35:10
And the ransomed°°
of Yahweh°
shall return,°°
and come°°
to Zion°
with songs°
and everlasting°
joy°°
upon°
their heads:°
they shall obtain°°
joy°°
and gladness,°°
and sorrow°
and sighing°
shall flee away.°° |