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

 THE wilderness and the ^asolitary^• place shall be ^bglad^• for ^cthem^•; and the ^ddesert^• shall rejoice, and ^eblossom as the rose.

 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.

 ¶ Strengthen ye the ^aweak^• hands, and confirm the ^bfeeble^• knees.

 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.

 Then the ^aeyes^• of the ^bblind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

 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.

 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.

 And an ^ahighway^• shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of ^bholiness; the ^cunclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

 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:

 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.