Isaiah 35 The redeemed of the LORD will return and come to Zion with singing, crowned with unending Joy & gladness…sorrow will flee. A thoroughfare there will be called the Way of Holiness
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THE RANSOMED SHALL RETURN (0:15 ) The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a wildflower. (0:30 ) It will blossom abundantly and will also rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. (0:52 ) They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God. (1:06 ) Strengthen the weak hands, steady the shaking knees! (1:19 ) Say to the cowardly: "Be strong; do not fear! Here is your God; vengeance is coming. God's retribution is coming; he will save you." (1:38 ) Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped. (1:54 ) Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy, for water will gush in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; the parched ground will become a pool, and the thirsty land springs. In the haunt of jackals, in their lairs, there will be grass, reeds, and papyrus.
(2:29 ) A [thoroughfare] road will be there and a way; it will be called the Holy Way. The unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish. (2:50 ) The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for the one who walks the path. Fools will not wander on it. (3:39 ) (4:21 ) There will be no lion there, and no vicious beast will go up on it; they will not be found there. (3:21 ) But the redeemed will walk on it, those delivered from bondage will travel on it, and the redeemed of the LORD will return and come to Zion with singing, crowned with unending joy. (3:34 ) Joy and gladness will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee. (4:01 ) A thoroughfare will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it; fools will not stray into it…Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. They will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear. Even those whom he has made free, will come back again; they will come with songs to Zion; on their heads will be eternal joy; delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.
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