Isaiah 35:5-10

5 Then the ¹eyes of the blind will be opened And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

6 Then the ²lame will leap like a deer, And the ³tongue of the mute will shout for joy. For waters will break forth in the ⁴wilderness And streams in the Arabah.

7 The scorched land will become a pool And the thirsty ground ⁵springs of water; In the ⁶haunt of jackals, its resting place, Grass becomes reeds and rushes.

8 ⁷A highway will be there, ⁸a roadway, And it will be called the Highway of ⁹Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it, But it will be for him who walks that way, And ¹⁰fools will not wander on it.

9 No ¹¹lion will be there, Nor will any vicious beast go up on it; These will not be found there. But ¹²the redeemed will walk there,

10 And ¹³the ransomed of the LORD will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, With everlasting joy upon their heads. They will find gladness and joy, And ¹⁴sorrow and sighing will flee away.

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Isaiah 35:5-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 35

This chapter is a prediction of the glory and flourishing estate of the Gospel church, and of the blessings received by it from Christ. Its flourishing state is expressed by the fruitfulness of the desert, being made like to Lebanon, Carmel, and Sharon; and by the inhabitants of it seeing the glory and excellency of Christ, Isa 35:1,2 the ministers of the word are directed and exhorted to strengthen the weak, and comfort the feeble minded, by assuring them of the coming of Christ to save them, Isa 35:3,4 when miracles, both in nature and grace, should be wrought; and great alterations should be made in the wilderness, by the power of God, Isa 35:5-7 when a way should be cast up, described; and the persons that should walk in it are pointed at; and the end it should bring them to, everlasting joy and happiness, Isa 35:8-10.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 14

1. Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 32:3, 4; Isaiah 42:7, 16; Isaiah 50:4; Matthew 11:5; John 9:6, 7
2. Matthew 15:30; John 5:8, 9; Acts 3:8
3. Matthew 9:32; Luke 11:14
4. Isaiah 35:1; Isaiah 41:18; Isaiah 43:19; Isaiah 49:10; Isaiah 51:3; John 7:38
5. Isaiah 49:10
6. Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 34:13
7. Isaiah 11:16; Isaiah 19:23; Isaiah 40:3; Isaiah 49:11; Isaiah 62:10
8. Isaiah 30:21; Isaiah 51:10
9. Isaiah 4:3; Isaiah 52:1; Matthew 7:13, 14; 1 Peter 1:15, 16
10. Isaiah 33:8
11. Isaiah 5:29; Isaiah 30:6
12. Isaiah 51:10; Isaiah 62:12; Isaiah 63:4
13. Isaiah 1:27; Isaiah 51:11
14. Isaiah 25:8; Isaiah 30:19; Isaiah 65:19; Revelation 7:17; Revelation 21:4

Footnotes 4

[a]. Or "desert"
[b]. Or "mirage"
[c]. Lit "It"
[d]. Lit "overtake"