Isaiah 35 1-10

Yesha’Yahu 35

The desert and the dry land will be glad;
the ‘Aravah will rejoice and blossom like the lily.
It will burst into flower,
will rejoice with joy and singing,
will be given the glory of the L’vanon,
the splendor of Karmel and the Sharon.
They will see the glory of Adonai,
the splendor of our God.

Strengthen your drooping arms,
and steady your tottering knees.
Say to the fainthearted, “Be strong and unafraid!
Here is your God; he will come with vengeance;
with God’s retribution he will come and save you.”

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,
and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped;
then the lame man will leap like a deer,
and the mute person’s tongue will sing.
For in the desert, springs will burst forth,
streams of water in the ‘Aravah;
the sandy mirage will become a pool,
the thirsty ground springs of water.
The haunts where jackals lie down will become
a marsh filled with reeds and papyrus.

A highway will be there, a way,
called the Way of Holiness.
The unclean will not pass over it,
but it will be for those whom he guides —
fools will not stray along it.
No lion or other beast of prey
will be there, traveling on it.
They will not be found there,
but the redeemed will go there.
Those ransomed by Adonai will return
and come with singing to Tziyon,
on their heads will be everlasting joy.
They will acquire gladness and joy,
while sorrow and sighing will flee.
Complete Jewish Bible

Devotional

God’s words of blessing over the Land Of Isra’el. As a remarkable contrast to judgment, attention is given to a renewed land in the Messianic Age: “Those ransomed by Adonai will return and come with singing to Tziyon, on their heads will be everlasting joy”. In the Messianic Age, no longer will Eretz-Yisra’el be a desert wasteland, but instead will blossom and bloom, and at Messiah’s return dwell in everlasiting security, abundance, and shalom. The outward manifestation of the fulfillment of this prophecy has already begun, since the restoration of the modern State of Israe’el.

Heavenly Father, make me a good student of your Holy Hebrew Scriptures. I know that all eternal promises are written in Your word. Give me the heart, desire and ardor to learn everything about You and Your son, the Messiah, Jesus Christ, Yeshua.

In Yeshua’ precious name I pray, Amen.