Isaiah 35 (NET)

Isaiah 35:1¹Let the wilderness and desert be happy; let the arid rift valley rejoice and bloom like a lily!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 36:35Isa 51:3Isa 55:12-13Isa 27:6Isa 52:9-10Isa 4:2Hos 14:5-6Isa 29:17Isa 32:15-16Isa 40:3

Isaiah 35:2²Let it richly bloom; let it rejoice and shout with delight! It is given the grandeur of Lebanon, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the grandeur of the Lord, the splendor of our God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 25:9Isa 60:13Rom 10:15Hab 2:14Amos 9:13-15Isa 60:1-3Isa 40:5Isa 55:12-132 Cor 4:6Hos 14:6-7

Isaiah 35:3³Strengthen the hands that have gone limp, steady the knees that shake.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 12:12Job 4:3-4Luke 22:32Isa 57:14-16Acts 18:23Job 16:5Luke 22:43Judg 7:11Isa 52:1-2Isa 40:1-2

Isaiah 35:4⁴Tell those who panic, “Be strong! Do not fear! Look, your God comes to avenge; with divine retribution he comes to deliver you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 5:7-9Isa 41:10-14Zeph 3:16-17Eph 6:10Hag 2:4Isa 34:81 Chr 28:20Isa 33:22Isa 61:2Isa 25:9

Isaiah 35:5⁵Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 42:6-7Luke 7:20-23Isa 29:18Matt 11:3-5Isa 32:3-4Ps 146:8John 9:39Eph 1:17-18Isa 50:4Matt 9:27-30

Isaiah 35:6⁶Then the lame will leap like a deer, the mute tongue will shout for joy; for water will burst forth in the wilderness, streams in the arid rift valley.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 5:8-9John 7:37-39Luke 11:14Isa 32:4Matt 12:22Matt 9:32-33Ps 51:15Luke 1:64Acts 14:8-10Acts 3:2

Isaiah 35:7⁷The dry soil will become a pool of water, the parched ground springs of water. Where jackals once lived and sprawled out, grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 26:18Isa 49:10John 4:14Isa 34:131 John 5:19-20Isa 13:22John 7:38Rev 18:21 Cor 6:9-11Hos 1:10-11

Isaiah 35:8⁸A 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 7:13-14Isa 42:16John 14:61 Pet 1:14-15Rev 21:27Heb 10:20-231 Pet 2:9-102 Tim 1:9Heb 12:14Jer 31:21

Isaiah 35:9⁹No lions will be there, no ferocious wild animals will be on it — they will not be found there. Those delivered from bondage will travel on it,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 34:25Isa 62:12Exod 15:13Hos 2:18Isa 11:6-9Isa 30:6Isa 63:4Isa 65:25Lev 26:6Ps 107:2

Isaiah 35:10¹⁰those 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 30:19Rev 21:4Isa 25:8Isa 51:10-11Isa 65:19Jer 33:11Jude 1:21Rev 14:1-41 Tim 2:6Jer 31:11-14