3 Strengthen the feeble hands,steady the knees that give way;
4 say to those with fearful hearts,‘Be strong, do not fear;your God will come,he will come with vengeance;with divine retributionhe will come to save you.’
5 Then will the eyes of the blind be openedand the ears of the deaf unstopped.
6 Then will the lame leap like a deer,and the mute tongue shout for joy.Water will gush forth in the wildernessand streams in the desert.
7 The burning sand will become a pool,the thirsty ground bubbling springs.In the haunts where jackals once lay,grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.
8 And a highway will be there;it will be called the Way of Holiness;it will be for those who walk on that Way.The unclean will not journey on it;wicked fools will not go about on it.
9 No lion will be there,nor any ravenous beast;they will not be found there.But only the redeemed will walk there,