35Isaiah 35

CHAP. XXXV. / 1 The ioyfull flourishing of Christes Kingdome. 3 The weake are incouraged by the vertues and priuiledges of the Gospel.

1The wildernesse and the solitarie place shall be glad for them: and the desert shall reioyce and blossome as the rose.Select Isaiah 35:1

2It shall blossome abundantly, and reioyce euen with ioy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shal be giuen vnto it, the excellencie of Carmel and Sharon: they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellencie of our God.Select Isaiah 35:2

3Strengthen yee the weake hands, and confirme the feeble knees.Select Isaiah 35:3

4Say to them that are of a fearefull heart; Be strong, feare not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, euen God with a recompence, he will come and saue you.Select Isaiah 35:4

5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the eares of the deafe shalbe vnstopped.Select Isaiah 35:5

6Then shall the lame man leape as an Hart, and the tongue of the dumbe sing: for in the wildernesse shall waters breake out, and streames in the desert.Select Isaiah 35:6

7And the parched ground shall become a poole, and the thirstie land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shalbe grasse with reeds and rushes.Select Isaiah 35:7

8And an high way shalbe there, and away, and it shall be called the way of holinesse, the vncleane shall not passe ouer it, but it shall be for those: the wayfaringmen, though fooles, shall not erre therein.Select Isaiah 35:8

9No lyon shalbe there; nor any rauenous beast shall goe vp thereon, it shall not be found there: but the redeemed shall walke there.Select Isaiah 35:9

10And the ransomed of the Lord shall returne and come to Zion with songs, and euerlasting ioy vpon their heads: they shall obtaine ioy and gladnesse, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.Select Isaiah 35:10