1   The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose.

2   It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice, even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellence of our God.

3   ¶2; ^note Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

4   Say to them that are of a ^note fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; he will come and save you.

5   Then the ^note eyes of the blind shall be opened, and ^note the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

6   Then shall the ^note lame man leap as a hart, and the ^note tongue of the dumb shall sing: for in the wilderness shall ^note waters break out, and streams in the desert.

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 ^note grass with reeds and rushes.

8   And a highway shall be there, and a way, and and it shall be called, The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; ^note but it shall be for those: the way-faring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

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:

10   And the ^note 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.

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