4 Say to those who are panicking:"Be strong! Don’t fear!Here’s your God,coming with vengeance;with divine retributionGod will come to save you."
5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,and the ears of the deaf will be cleared.
6 Then the lame will leap like the deer,and the tongue of the speechless will sing.Waters will spring up in the desert,and streams in the wilderness.
7 The burning sand will become a pool,and the thirsty ground, fountains of water.The jackals’ habitat, a pasture;grass will become reeds and rushes.
8 A highway will be there.It will be called The Holy Way.The unclean won’t travel on it,but it will be for those walking on that way.Even fools won’t get lost on it;
9 no lion will be there,and no predator will go up on it.None of these will be there;only the redeemed will walk on it.
10 The Lord’s ransomed ones will return and enter Zion with singing,with everlasting joy upon their heads.Happiness and joy will overwhelm them;grief and groaning will flee away.