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[1] The desert and the wilderness shall rejoice: and the waste ground shall be glad and flourish as the rose.
[2] It shall flourish abundantly and shall greatly rejoice also and joy: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it: the beauty of Carmel, and of Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord , and the excellency of our God.
[3] Strengthen the weak hands, and comfort the feeble knees.
[4] Say unto them that are fearful, Be you strong, fear not: behold, your God cometh with vengeance: even God with a recompense, he will come and save you.
[5] Then shall the eyes of the blind be lightened, and the ears of the deaf be opened.
[6] Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the dumb man's tongue shall sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and rivers in the desert.
[7] And the dry ground shall be as a pool, and the thirsty (as springs of water in the habitation of dragons: where they lay) shall be a place for reeds and rushes.
[8] And there shall be a path and a way, and the way shall be called holy: the polluted shall not pass by it: for he shall be with them, and walk in the way, and the fools shall not err.
[9] There shall be no lion, nor noisome beasts shall ascend by it, neither shall they be found there, that the redeemed may walk.
[10] Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with praise: and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
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