Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
highway—such a causeway (raised way, from a Hebrew root, "to cast up") as was used for the march of armies; valleys being filled up, hills and other obstructions removed (Isaiah 62:10; compare Isaiah 40:3-4).
way of holiness—Hebraism for "the holy way." HORSLEY translates, "the way of the Holy One;" but the words that follow, and Isaiah 35:10, show it is the way leading the redeemed back to Jerusalem, both the literal and the heavenly (Isaiah 52:1; Joel 3:17; Revelation 21:27); still Christ at His coming again shall be the Leader on the way, for which reason it is called, "The way of the Lord" (Isaiah 40:3; Malachi 3:1).
it shall be for those: the wayfaring men—rather, "He (the Holy One) shall be with them, walking in the way" [HORSLEY].
though fools—rather, "And (even) fools," that is, the simple shall not go astray, namely, because "He shall be with them" (Matthew 11:25; I Corinthians 1:26-28).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 35:8:
Isaiah 11:16
Isaiah 35:1
Isaiah 49:11
Isaiah 52:1
Isaiah 57:14
Jeremiah 31:9
Jeremiah 31:21
Ezekiel 40:18
Joel 3:17
Zechariah 14:21
Hebrews 12:13
Revelation 20:5
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