Isaiah 35:6-10
6 athen shall the lame man leap like a deer,and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.
bFor waters break forth in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert;
7 cthe burning sand shall become a pool,
and the thirsty ground springs of water;
in the haunt of djackals, where they lie down,
the grass shall become reeds and rushes.
8 eAnd a highway shall be there,
and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;
fthe unclean shall not pass over it.
It shall belong to those who walk on the way;
even if they are fools, they shall not go astray. ▼
▼Or if they are fools, they shall not wander in it
9No lion shall be there,
nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;
they shall not be found there,
but the redeemed shall walk there.
10 hAnd the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
ieverlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah 40:3-4
3 jA voice cries: ▼▼Or A voice of one crying
l“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
mmake straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 nEvery valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.
Isaiah 48:21
21 oThey did not thirst when he led them through the deserts;phe made water flow for them from the rock;
he split the rock and the water gushed out.
Luke 3:4-5
4As it is written in qthe book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,r“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
s‘Prepare the way of the Lord, ▼
▼Or crying, Prepare in the wilderness the way of the Lord
make his paths straight.
5 uEvery valley shall be filled,
vand every mountain and hill shall be made low,
wand the crooked shall become straight,
and the rough places shall become level ways,
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