1 The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus,2 it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.3 Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way;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.

1 [Ltabitur deserta et invia,et exsultabit solitudo,et florebit quasi lilium.2 Germinans germinabit, et exsultabitltabunda et laudans :gloria Libani data est ei,decor Carmeli et Saron ;ipsi videbunt gloriam Domini,et decorem Dei nostri.3 Confortate manus dissolutas,et genua debilia roborate.4 Dicite pusillanimis :Confortamini, et nolite timere :ecce Deus vester ultionem adducet retributionis ;Deus ipse veniet, et salvabit vos.5 Tunc aperientur oculi ccorum,et aures surdorum patebunt ;6 tunc saliet sicut cervus claudus,et aperta erit lingua mutorum :quia sciss sunt in deserto aqu,et torrentes in solitudine ;7 et qu erat arida, erit in stagnum,et sitiens in fontes aquarum.In cubilibus, in quibus prius dracones habitabant,orietur viror calami et junci.8 Et erit ibi semita et via,et via sancta vocabitur :non transibit per eam pollutus,et hc erit vobis directa via,ita ut stulti non errent per eam.9 Non erit ibi leo,et mala bestia non ascendet per eam,nec invenietur ibi ;et ambulabunt qui liberati fuerint.10 Et redempti a Domino convertentur,et venient in Sion cum laude,et ltitia sempiterna super caput eorum :gaudium et ltitiam obtinebunt,et fugiet dolor et gemitus.]