| 1: The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for
them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. |
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| 2: It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and
singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of
Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the
excellency of our God. |
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| 3:
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
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| 4: Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not:
behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence;
he will come and save you. |
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| 5: Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of
the deaf shall be unstopped. |
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| 6: Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the
dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in
the desert. |
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| 7: And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty
land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay,
shall be grass with reeds and rushes. |
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| 8: And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be
called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it
shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err
therein. |
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| 9: No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up
thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
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| 10: And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion
with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy
and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. |
