1 Η έρημος και η άνυδρος θέλουσιν ευφρανθή δι' αυτά, και η ερημία θέλει αγαλλιασθή και ανθήσει ως ρόδον. 2 Θέλει ανθήσει εν αφθονία και αγαλλιασθή μάλιστα χαίρουσα και αλαλάζουσα· η δόξα του Λιβάνου θέλει δοθή εις αυτήν, η τιμή του Καρμήλου και Σαρών· οι τόποι ούτοι θέλουσιν ιδεί την δόξαν του Κυρίου και την μεγαλωσύνην του Θεού ημών. 3 Ενισχύσατε τας κεχαυνωμένας χείρας· και στερεώσατε τα παραλελυμένα γόνατα. 4 Είπατε προς τους πεφοβισμένους την καρδίαν, Ισχύσατε, μη φοβείσθε· ιδού, ο Θεός σας θέλει ελθεί μετ' εκδικήσεως, ο Θεός μετά ανταποδόσεως· αυτός θέλει ελθεί και θέλει σας σώσει. 5 Τότε οι οφθαλμοί των τυφλών θέλουσιν ανοιχθή και τα ώτα των κωφών θέλουσιν ακούσει. 6 Τότε ο χωλός θέλει πηδά ως έλαφος και η γλώσσα του μογιλάλου θέλει ψάλλει· διότι εν τη ερήμω θέλουσιν αναβλύσει ύδατα και ρεύματα εν τη ερημία. 7 Και η ξηρά γη θέλει κατασταθή λίμνη και η διψώσα γη πηγαί ύδατος· εν τη κατοικία των θώων, όπου εκοίτοντο, θέλει είσθαι χλόη μετά καλάμων και σπάρτων. 8 Και εκεί θέλει είσθαι λεωφόρος και οδός και θέλει ονομασθή, Οδός αγία· ο ακάθαρτος δεν θέλει περάσει δι' αυτής αλλά θέλει είσθαι δι' αυτούς ο οδεύων και οι μωροί δεν θέλουσι πλανάσθαι. 9 Λέων δεν θέλει είσθαι εκεί και θηρίον αρπακτικόν δεν θέλει αναβή εκεί· δεν θέλει ευρεθή εκεί· αλλά οι λελυτρωμένοι θέλουσι περιπατεί εκεί. 10 Και οι λελυτρωμένοι του Κυρίου θέλουσιν επιστρέψει και ελθεί εν αλαλαγμώ εις την Σιών· και ευφροσύνη αιώνιος θέλει είσθαι επί της κεφαλής αυτών· αγαλλίασιν και ευφροσύνην θέλουσιν απολαύσει· η λύπη δε και ο στεναγμός θέλουσι φύγει.
Isaiah · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Isaiah 35 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
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).
How these were chosen
“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 …