1 They rejoice from the wilderness and dry place, || And the desert rejoices, || And flourishes as the rose, 2 Flourishing it flourishes, and rejoices, || Indeed, [with] joy and singing, || The glory of Lebanon has been given to it, || The beauty of Carmel and Sharon, || They see the glory of YHWH, || The majesty of our God. 3 Strengthen the feeble hands, || Indeed, strengthen the stumbling knees. 4 Say to the hurried of heart, “Be strong, || Do not fear, behold, your God; vengeance comes, || The repayment of God, || He Himself comes and saves you.” 5 Then eyes of the blind are opened, || And ears of the deaf are unstopped, 6 Then the lame leap as a deer, || And the tongue of the mute sings, || For waters have been broken up in a wilderness, || And streams in a desert. 7 And the mirage has become a pond, || And the thirsty land—fountains of waters, || In the habitation of dragons, || Its place of lying down, || A court for reed and rush. 8 And a highway has been there, and a way, || And it is called the “Way of Holiness.” The unclean do not pass over it, || And He Himself [is] by them, || Whoever is going in the way—even fools do not err. 9 No lion is there, || Indeed, a destructive beast does not ascend it, || It is not found there, || And the redeemed have walked, 10 And the ransomed of YHWH return, || And have entered Zion with singing, || And [with] continuous joy on their head, || They attain joy and gladness, || And sorrow and sighing have fled away!
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Isaiah 35 Literal Standard Version
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Cross references (10)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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 …