Verse
KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
The wilderness and the solitary
place
shall
be glad for
them
; and
the desert shall
rejoice ,
and blossom as
the
rose.
The wilderness and the land
will
be glad; the desert will
rejoice and blossom like
a
rose.
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.
It will
bloom
profusely
and rejoice with joy and singing .
The glory of Lebanon will
be given to
it, the splendor
of Carmel and Sharon .
They will
see the glory of the LORD, the splendor
of our God.
Strengthen ye
the weak
hands ,
and confirm
the feeble knees .
Strengthen the limp
hands and steady
the feeble knees !
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.
Say to those
with
anxious
hearts:
“
Be strong, do
not fear!
Behold, your God will come with vengeance .
With divine
retribution
He will come to
save you. ”
Then the eyes of the blind shall
be opened ,
and the ears of the deaf shall
be
unstopped.
Then the eyes of the blind will
be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
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.
Then the lame will
leap like
a
deer
and the mute
tongue will
shout
for joy.
For
waters
will
gush
forth
in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
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
.
The parched ground will
become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water .
In the haunt
where jackals
once
lay, there
will
be grass and
reeds and papyrus
.
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
.
And there will
be a
highway
called the Way of Holiness .
The unclean will
not travel
it —
only
those who
walk
in
the Way—
and
fools will
not stray
onto
it
.
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:
No lion will
be there, and
no
vicious
beast will
go up on
it .
Such
will
not be found there ,
but the redeemed will
walk upon
it.
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
.
So
the redeemed
of the LORD will
return and enter
Zion with singing,
crowned
with
everlasting joy .
Gladness and
joy
will
overtake
them
, and sorrow and sighing will
flee.
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