Isaiah 35

The Glory of Zion

¹The wilderness and the dry land will be glad;

the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.

• IS 35:1[PROPHECY]'The wilderness shall blossom as the rose' → STILL TO COME

²It 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 Yahweh,

the splendor of our God.

³Strengthen the limp hands

and steady the feeble knees!

• IS 35:3[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → HEB 12:12-13

⁴Say 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.”

• IS 35:4[PROPHECY]He would come and save His people → MT 1:21

⁵Then the eyes of the blind will be opened

and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

• IS 35:5[PROPHECY]A ministry of miracles → MT 11:2-6
• IS 35:5[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → MT 11:5
• IS 35:5[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → LK 7:22

⁶Then 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.

⁷The 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.

⁸And 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.

⁹No 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.

¹⁰So the redeemed of Yahweh will return

and enter Zion with singing,

crowned with everlasting joy.

Gladness and joy will overtake them,

and sorrow and sighing will flee.

• IS 35:10[PROPHECY]'The ransomed of Yahweh shall return with everlasting joy' → STILL TO COME
• IS 35:10[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → REV 21:4