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1. The waste-land and the dry land will be glad. The desert will be full of joy and become like a rose.
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1. The wilderness H4057 and the solitary place H6723 shall be glad H7797 for them ; and the desert H6160 shall rejoice H1523 , and blossom H6524 as the rose H2261 .
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2. Many flowers will grow in it, and it will be filled with joy and singing. The greatness of Lebanon will be given to it, and the beauty of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the shining-greatness of the Lord, the wonderful power of our God.
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2. It shall blossom abundantly H6524 H6524 , and rejoice H1523 even H637 with joy H1525 and singing H7442 : the glory H3519 of Lebanon H3844 shall be given H5414 unto it , the excellency H1926 of Carmel H3760 and Sharon H8289 , they H1992 shall see H7200 the glory H3519 of the LORD H3068 , and the excellency H1926 of our God H430 .
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3. Give strength to weak hands and to weak knees.
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3. Strengthen H2388 ye the weak H7504 hands H3027 , and confirm H553 the feeble H3782 knees H1290 .
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4. Say to those whose heart is afraid, "Have strength of heart, and do not be afraid. See, your God will come ready to punish. He will come to make sinners pay for their sins, but He will save you."
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4. Say H559 to them that are of a fearful H4116 heart H3820 , Be strong H2388 , fear H3372 not H408 : behold H2009 , your God H430 will come H935 with vengeance H5359 , even God H430 with a recompense H1576 ; he H1931 will come H935 and save H3467 you.
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5. Then the eyes of the blind will be opened. And the ears of those who cannot hear will be opened.
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5. Then H227 the eyes H5869 of the blind H5787 shall be opened H6491 , and the ears H241 of the deaf H2795 shall be unstopped H6605 .
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6. Then those who cannot walk will jump like a deer. And the tongue of those who cannot speak will call out for joy. For waters will break out in the place where no people live, and rivers in the desert.
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6. Then H227 shall the lame H6455 man leap H1801 as a hart H354 , and the tongue H3956 of the dumb H483 sing H7442 : for H3588 in the wilderness H4057 shall waters H4325 break out H1234 , and streams H5158 in the desert H6160 .
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7. The burning sand will become a pool. The thirsty ground will become wells of water. The resting place of the wild dog will be filled with river-grasses.
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7. And the parched ground H8273 shall become H1961 a pool H98 , and the thirsty land H6774 springs H4002 of water H4325 : in the habitation H5116 of dragons H8565 , where each lay H7258 , shall be grass H2682 with reeds H7070 and rushes H1573 .
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8. And a road will be there. It will be called the Holy Way. Those who are unclean will not travel on it. But it will be for those who walk in that way. Fools will not walk on it.
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8. And a highway H4547 shall be H1961 there H8033 , and a way H1870 , and it shall be called H7121 The way H1870 of holiness H6944 ; the unclean H2931 shall not H3808 pass over H5674 it ; but it H1931 shall be for those : the wayfaring men H1980 H1870 , though fools H191 , shall not H3808 err H8582 therein .
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9. No lion will be there. No angry and hungry animal will go up on it. They will not be found there. But those whose sin has been paid for will walk there.
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9. No H3808 lion H738 shall be H1961 there H8033 , nor H1077 any ravenous H6530 beast H2416 shall go up H5927 thereon , it shall not H3808 be found H4672 there H8033 ; but the redeemed H1350 shall walk H1980 there :
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10. Those whom the Lord has paid for and set free will return. They will come to Zion with singing. Joy that lasts forever will crown their heads. They will be glad and full of joy. Sorrow and sad voices will be gone.
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10. And the ransomed H6299 of the LORD H3068 shall return H7725 , and come H935 to Zion H6726 with songs H7440 and everlasting H5769 joy H8342 upon H5921 their heads H7218 : they shall obtain H5381 joy H8342 and gladness H8057 , and sorrow H3015 and sighing H585 shall flee away H5127 .
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