35:1  The wilderness and the desert will have gladness, And the Arabah will rejoice and blossom; Like the crocus

35:2  It will blossom profusely And rejoice with rejoicing and shout of joy The glory of Lebanon will accrue to it, The majesty of Carmel and SharonThey will see the glory of the LORD, The majesty of our God.

35:3   Encourage the exhausted, and strengthen the feeble.

35:4  Say to those with anxious heart, "Take courage, fear not Behold, your God will come with vengeance; The recompense of God will come, But He will save you."

35:5  Then the eyes of the blind will open And the ears of the deaf will unstop.

35:6  Then the lame will leap like a deer, And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy For waters will break forth in the wilderness And streams in the Arabah.

35:7  The scorched land will become a pool And the thirsty ground springs of water; In the haunt of jackals, its resting place, Grass becomes reeds and rushes.

35:8  A highway will lie there, a roadway, And people will call the Highway of Holiness The unclean will not travel on it, But it will turn out for him who walks that way, And fools will not wander on it.

35:9  No lion will live there, Nor will any vicious beast go up on it; These no one will find there But the redeemed will walk there,

35:10  And the ransomed of the LORD will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, With everlasting joy upon their heads They will find gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away.