Isaiah 35:4-10

4 say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you.”

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

6 Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

7 The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs. In the haunts where jackals once lay, grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.

8 And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it.

9 No lion will be there, nor any ravenous beast; they will not be found there. But only the redeemed will walk there,

10 and those the LORD has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Isaiah 35:4-10 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.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 32:6; Isaiah 40:2; Zechariah 1:13
• 2. S Deuteronomy 20:3; S Isaiah 21:4
• 3. S Joshua 1:9; S Isaiah 7:4; Daniel 10:19
• 4. Isa 40:9,10-11; Isaiah 51:5; Isaiah 62:11; Revelation 22:12
• 5. S Isaiah 1:24; S Isaiah 34:8
• 6. S Isaiah 25:9
• 7. S Psalms 146:8; Matthew 11:5; John 9:6-7; Acts 26:18
• 8. Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 42:18; Isaiah 50:4
• 9. Matthew 15:30; Luke 7:22; John 5:8-9; Acts 3:8
• 10. S 2 Samuel 22:34
• 11. Isaiah 32:4; Matthew 9:32-33; Matthew 12:22; Mark 7:35; Luke 11:14
• 12. Psalms 20:5
• 13. S Exodus 17:6; Isaiah 41:18; John 7:38
• 14. S Psalms 68:6; Isaiah 41:17; Isaiah 44:3; Isaiah 55:1
• 15. Psalms 107:35; Isaiah 49:10; Isaiah 58:11
• 16. S Isaiah 13:22
• 17. S Job 8:11; S Job 40:21
• 18. S Isaiah 11:16; S Isaiah 33:8; S Jeremiah 31:21; Matthew 7:13-14
• 19. Isaiah 4:3; 1 Peter 1:15
• 20. Isaiah 52:1
• 21. S Isaiah 30:6
• 22. Isaiah 11:6; Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 34:14
• 23. S Exodus 6:6; Leviticus 25:47-55; Isaiah 51:11; Isaiah 62:12; Isaiah 63:4
• 24. S Job 19:25; S Isaiah 1:27
• 25. Isaiah 30:29
• 26. S Psalms 4:7; S Psalms 126:5; S Isaiah 25:9
• 27. S Psalms 51:8; S Isaiah 51:3
• 28. S Isaiah 30:19; Isaiah 51:11; Revelation 7:17; Revelation 21:4