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