The flourishing of Christ's kingdom.

¹⁾The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

²⁾It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing:; the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon,; they shall see the glory of the LORDLord, and the excellency of our God.

³⁾Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

⁴⁾Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not:; behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompencerecompense; he will come and save you.

⁵⁾Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

⁶⁾Then shall the lame man leap as ana hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing:; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

⁷⁾And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water:; in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

⁸⁾And ana highway shall be there,; andfor a way shall be cast up, and it shall be called Thethe way of holiness;. theThe unclean shall not pass over upon it; but it shall be cast up for those: who are clean, and the wayfaring men, though they are accounted fools, shall not err therein.

⁹⁾No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:;

¹⁰⁾And the ransomed of the LORDLord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads:; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.