1 The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. 2 It will bloom profusely 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 the LORD, the splendor of our God. 3 Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees! 4 Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.” 5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. 6 Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert. 7 The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus. 8 And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it. 9 No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it. 10 So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
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Cross references (10)
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- 1 Ezekiel 36:35; Isaiah 51:3; Isaiah 55:12–13; Isaiah 27:6; Isaiah 52:9–10
- 2 Isaiah 60:13; Romans 10:15; Isaiah 25:9; Habakkuk 2:14; Amos 9:13–15
- 3 Hebrews 12:12; Luke 22:32; Job 4:3–4; Isaiah 57:14–16; Luke 22:43
- 4 James 5:7–9; Isaiah 41:10–14; Zephaniah 3:16–17; Ephesians 6:10; Isaiah 34:8
- 5 Isaiah 42:6–7; Luke 7:20–23; Isaiah 29:18; Matthew 11:3–5; Isaiah 32:3–4
- 6 John 5:8–9; Luke 11:14; John 7:37–39; Matthew 12:22; Isaiah 32:4
- 7 Acts 26:18; Isaiah 49:10; John 4:14; Isaiah 34:13; 1 John 5:19–20
- 8 Matthew 7:13–14; Isaiah 42:16; John 14:6; Revelation 21:27; 1 Peter 1:14–15
- 9 Isaiah 62:12; Ezekiel 34:25; Exodus 15:13; Hosea 2:18; Isaiah 30:6
- 10 Revelation 21:4; Isaiah 30:19; Isaiah 25:8; Isaiah 51:10–11; Isaiah 65:19
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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There are these words: "At His coming the lame shall leap as an hart, and the tongue of the stammerer shall be clear speaking: the blind shall see, and the lepers shall be cleansed; and the dead shall rise, and walk about." And that He did those things, you can learn from the Acts of Pontius Pilate.
Those, again, who declare that at His coming "the lame man shall leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall [speak] plainly, and the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear," and that "the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, shall be strengthened," and that "the dead …
But of our state there, no such word at all is spoken, but all the contrary; that "grief and sorrow and sighing have fled away." And that "men shall come from the east and from the west, and shall recline in the bosoms of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob." And that the region there is a spiritual bride-chamber, and bright …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear: then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be distinct.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… shall leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall [speak] plainly, and the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear," and that "the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, shall be strengthened," and that "the dead which are in the grave shall arise," and that He Himself …