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then the lame shall leap like a deer,
    and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy.
For waters shall break forth in the wilderness
    and streams in the desert;(A)
the burning sand shall become a pool
    and the thirsty ground springs of water;
the haunt of jackals shall become a swamp;[a]
    the grass shall become reeds and rushes.(B)

A highway shall be there,[b]
    and it shall be called the Holy Way;
the unclean shall not travel on it,[c]
    but it shall be for God’s people;[d]
    no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 35.7 Cn: Heb in the haunt of jackals is her resting place
  2. 35.8 Q ms Gk Syr: MT A highway and a way shall be there
  3. 35.8 Or pass it by
  4. 35.8 Cn: Heb for them