1 The waste land and the dry places will be glad; the lowland will have joy and be full of flowers.2 It will be flowering like the rose; it will be full of delight and songs; the glory of Lebanon will be given to it; the pride of Carmel and Sharon: they will see the glory of the Lord, the power of our God.3 Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees.4 Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.5 Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.6 Then will the feeble-footed be jumping like a roe, and the voice which was stopped will be loud in song: for in the waste land streams will be bursting out, and waters in the dry places.7 And the burning sand will become a pool, and the dry earth springs of waters: the fields where the sheep take their food will become wet land, and water-plants will take the place of grass.8 And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.9 No lion will be there, or any cruel beast; they will not be seen there; but those for whom the Lord has given a price,10 Even those whom he has made free, will come back again; they will come with songs to Zion; on their heads will be eternal joy; delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.

1 Die woestyn en die dor land sal bly wees, en die wildernis sal juig en bloei soos 'n narsing;2 dit sal lustig bloei en juig, ja, met gejuig en gejubel; die heerlikheid van die L¡banon is aan hom gegee, die sieraad van Karmel en Saron; hulle d r sal sien die heerlikheid van die HERE, die sieraad van onse God.3 Versterk die slap hande en maak die struikelende knieë vas.4 Sê aan die wat vervaard is van hart: Wees sterk, wees nie bevrees nie! Kyk, julle God kom met wraak, met goddelike vergelding; Hy self sal kom en julle verlos.5 Dan sal die oë van die blindes geopen en die ore van die dowes ontsluit word.6 Dan sal die lamme spring soos 'n takbok, en die tong van die stomme sal jubel; want in die woestyn breek waters uit en strome in die wildernis.7 En die gloeiende grond sal 'n waterplas word, en die dorsland fonteine van water; in die plek van die jakkalse waar hulle gelê en rus het, is gras met riete en biesies.8 En d r sal 'n grootpad wees en 'n weg wat die heilige weg genoem sal word; geen onreine sal daarop voorttrek nie, maar vir hulle sal dit wees; wie die weg bewandel -- selfs die dwase sal nie dwaal nie.9 D r sal geen leeu wees nie, en geen verskeurende dier sal daarop kom of daar aangetref word nie; maar die verlostes sal daarop wandel;10 en die losgekooptes van die HERE sal teruggaan en na Sion kom met gejubel, en ewige vreugde sal op hulle hoof wees; vreugde en blydskap sal hulle verkry, maar kommer en gesug vlug weg.