1 Erämaa ja hietikko iloitsee, aromaa riemuitsee ja kukoistaa kuin lilja.2 Se kauniisti kukoistaa ja iloitsee ilolla ja riemulla. Sille annetaan Libanonin kunnia, Karmelin ja Saaronin ihanuus. He saavat nähdä Herran kunnian, meidän Jumalamme ihanuuden.3 Vahvistakaa hervonneet kädet, voimistakaa horjuvat polvet.5 Silloin avautuvat sokeain silmät ja kuurojen korvat aukenevat.6 Silloin rampa hyppii niinkuin peura ja mykän kieli riemuun ratkeaa; sillä vedet puhkeavat erämaahan ja aromaahan purot.7 Hehkuva hiekka tulee lammikoiksi ja kuiva maa vesilähteiksi. Aavikkosutten asunnossa, missä ne makasivat, kasvaa ruoho ynnä ruoko ja kaisla.9 Ei ole siellä leijonaa, ei nouse sinne raateleva peto; ei sellaista siellä tavata: lunastetut sitä kulkevat.10 Niin Herran vapahdetut palajavat ja tulevat Siioniin riemuiten, päänsä päällä iankaikkinen ilo. Riemu ja ilo saavuttavat heidät, mutta murhe ja huokaus pakenevat.

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.