Old Testament Commentary - Isaiah 35

by Don R. Hender


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            CHAPTER 35             

In the day of restoration the desert shall blossom, tne Lord will come, Israel shall be gathered, and Zion shall be built up.

  1 THE wilderness and the asolitary place shall be bglad for cthem; and the ddesert shall rejoice, and eblossom as the rose.
  2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of aLebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the bglory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
  3 ¶ Strengthen ye the aweak hands, and confirm the bfeeble knees.
  4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with avengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
  5 Then the aeyes of the bblind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
  6 Then shall the lame man leap as an ahart, and the tongue of the dumb bsing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
  7 And the aparched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the bhabitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
  8 And an ahighway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of bholinessa; the cunclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
 8a The way of holiness This of course speaks of the way of the Lord, the strait and/or straight and narrow way of the gospel, even the path of the Doctrine of Jesus Christ which begins with Faith, Repentance, Baptism by water and the Gift of the Holy Ghost by the fire of the Spirit. Then the Holy Ghost does lead a man in the way of God. Baptism is but the gate to the path, and the path is the commandments of God as he reveals them to man by that Spirit of Revelation, the Holy Ghost. And as man follows and walks that way of righteousness and holiness he does walk in the way of the Lord which will lead and bring him unto eternal life. In short the 'way of holiness' will bring man to God and make him a Man of Holiness like unto God.
  9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the aredeemed shall walk there:
  10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall areturn, and come to bZion with csongs and everlasting djoy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and esorrow and sighing shall flee away.