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The Prophecy
of Isaias 35
The land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad,
and the wilderness shall rejoice, and shall flourish
like the lily.
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.
Strengthen ye the feeble hands, and confirm the weak
knees.
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.
Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the
ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
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.
And that which was dry land, shall become a pool, and
the thirsty land springs of water. In the dens where
dragons dwell before, shall rise up the verdure of the
reed and the bulrush.
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.
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.
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. |