<h3>The Ransomed Shall Return</h3>35 <poetry> The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; <indent> the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;</indent> </poetry> 2 <poetry>it shall blossom abundantly <indent>and rejoice with joy and singing.</indent> The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, <indent>the majesty of Carmel and Sharon.</indent> They shall see the glory of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>the majesty of our God.</indent></poetry><poetry></poetry> 3 <poetry> Strengthen the weak hands, <indent>and make firm the feeble knees.</indent> </poetry> 4 <poetry>Say to those who have an anxious heart, <indent>“Be strong; fear not!</indent> Behold, your God <indent>will come with vengeance,</indent> with the recompense of God. <indent>He will come and save you.”</indent></poetry><poetry></poetry> 5 <poetry> Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, <indent>and the ears of the deaf unstopped;</indent> </poetry> 6 <poetry> then shall the lame man leap like a deer, <indent>and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.</indent> For waters break forth in the wilderness, <indent>and streams in the desert;</indent> </poetry> 7 <poetry> the burning sand shall become a pool, <indent>and the thirsty ground springs of water;</indent> in the haunt of jackals, where they lie down, <indent>the grass shall become reeds and rushes.</indent></poetry><poetry></poetry> 8 <poetry> And a highway shall be there, <indent>and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;</indent> the unclean shall not pass over it. <indent>It shall belong to those who walk on the way;</indent> <indent>even if they are fools, they shall not go astray. </indent> </poetry> 9 <poetry>No lion shall be there, <indent>nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;</indent> they shall not be found there, <indent>but the redeemed shall walk there.</indent> </poetry> 10 <poetry> And the ransomed of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> shall return <indent>and come to Zion with singing;</indent> everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; <indent>they shall obtain gladness and joy,</indent> <indent>and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.</indent></poetry></poetry>

Isaiah 35:1

<cr>1</cr>The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; <indent><cr>2</cr>the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;</indent>

it shall blossom abundantly <indent>and rejoice with joy and singing.</indent> <cr>1</cr>The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, <indent>the majesty of <cr>2</cr>Carmel and <cr>3</cr>Sharon.</indent> <cr>4</cr>They shall see the glory of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>the majesty of our God.</indent></poetry><pb/><poetry>

Isaiah 35:2

<cr>1</cr>Strengthen the weak hands, <indent>and make firm the feeble knees.</indent>

Isaiah 35:3

Say to those who have an anxious heart, <indent>“Be strong; fear not!</indent> <cr>1</cr>Behold, your God <indent>will come with vengeance,</indent> with the recompense of God. <indent>He will come and save you.”</indent></poetry><pb/><poetry>

Isaiah 35:4

<cr>1</cr>Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, <indent>and the ears of the deaf unstopped;</indent>

Isaiah 35:5

<cr>1</cr>then shall the lame man leap like a deer, <indent>and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.</indent> <cr>2</cr>For waters break forth in the wilderness, <indent>and streams in the desert;</indent>

Isaiah 35:6

<cr>1</cr>the burning sand shall become a pool, <indent>and the thirsty ground springs of water;</indent> in the haunt of <cr>2</cr>jackals, where they lie down, <indent>the grass shall become reeds and rushes.</indent></poetry><pb/><poetry>

Isaiah 35:7

<cr>1</cr>And a highway shall be there, <indent>and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;</indent> <cr>2</cr>the unclean shall not pass over it. <indent>It shall belong to those who walk on the way;</indent> <indent>even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.<ft>1</ft></indent>

Isaiah 35:8

No lion shall be there, <indent>nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;</indent> they shall not be found there, <indent>but the redeemed shall walk there.</indent>

Isaiah 35:9

<cr>1</cr>And the ransomed of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> shall return <indent>and come to Zion with singing;</indent> <cr>2</cr>everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; <indent>they shall obtain gladness and joy,</indent> <indent>and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.</indent></poetry>

Isaiah 35:10

 1  The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad;  the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;  2 it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing.  The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of  Carmel and  Sharon.  They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God.  3  Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.  4 Say to those who have an anxious heart, “Be strong; fear not!  Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.”  5  Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped;  6  then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.  For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert;  7  the burning sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the haunt of  jackals, where they lie down, the grass shall become reeds and rushes.  8  And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;  the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.   9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it; they shall not be found there, but the redeemed shall walk there.  10  And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing;  everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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With regard to gender language, the ESV Translation Oversight Committee state that "the goal of the ESV is to render literally what is in the original."[9] The committee expands on this position in claiming that, although the ESV avoids using gender-neutral language (for the purpose of preserving contextual meaning found in the original text), the translation does utilize gender-neutral language in specific cases. The committee further state that their objective was "transparency to the original text, allowing the reader to understand the original on its own terms rather than in the terms of our present-day Western culture."[9] The ESV Study Bible often details in its commentary why a complementarian interpretation of the original text may have been rendered in translation.

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