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Be glad, thou thirsty desert: let the wilderness exult, and flower as the lily.
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And the desert places of Jordan shall blossom and rejoice; the glory of Libanus has been given to it, and the honour of Carmel; and my people shall see the glory of the Lord, and the majesty of God.
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Be strong, ye relaxed hands and palsied knees.
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Comfort one another, ye fainthearted; be strong, fear not; behold, our God renders judgment, and he will render ; he will come and save us.
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Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear.
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Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the stammerers shall speak plainly; for water has burst forth in the desert, and a channel in a thirsty land.
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And the dry land shall become pools, and a fountain of water shall into the thirsty land; there shall there be a joy of birds, ready habitations and marshes.
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There shall be there a pure way, and it shall be called a holy way; and there shall not pass by there any unclean person, neither shall there be there an unclean way; but the dispersed shall walk on it, and they shall not go astray.
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And there shall be no lion there, neither shall any evil beast go up upon it, nor at all be found there; but the redeemed and gathered on the Lord's behalf, shall walk in it,
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and shall return, and come to Sion with joy, and everlasting joy over their head; for on their head praise and exultation, and joy shall take possession of them: sorrow and pain, and groaning have fled away.