1750 Challoner Revision of the Douay-Rheims (DR)

Isaiah 35

1 They joyful flourishing of Christ's Kingdom. 3 The weak are encouraged by the virtues and privileges of the Gospel.

 35:1 ¶ The land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness shall rejoice, and shall flourish like the lily.

 35:2 It shall bud forth and blossom, and shall rejoice with joy and praise: the glory of Libanus is given to it: the beauty of Carmel, and Saron, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the beauty of our God.

 35:3 ¶ Strengthen ye the feeble hands, and confirm the weak knees.

 35:4 Say to the fainthearted: Take courage, and fear not: behold your God will bring the revenge of recompense: God himself will come and will save you.

 35:5 Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

 35:6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall be free: for waters are broken out in the desert, and streams in the wilderness.

 35:7 And that which was dry land, shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water. In the dens where dragons dwelt before, shall rise up the verdure of the reed and the bulrush.

 35:8 And a path and a way shall be there, and it shall be called the holy way: the unclean shall not pass over it, and this shall be unto you a straight way, so that fools shall not err therein.

 35:9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any mischievous beast go up by it, nor be found there: but they shall walk there that shall be delivered.

 35:10 And the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and shall come into Sion with praise, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.