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\c 35
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\q1
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\v 1 Some day, it will be as though the desert and other very dry areas are glad;
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\q2 the desert will rejoice and flowers will blossom.
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\q1 Like the rose,
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\q1
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\v 2 the desert will produce flowers abundantly;
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\q2 it will be as though everything is rejoicing and singing!
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\q1 The deserts will become as beautiful as the trees in Lebanon,
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\q2 as fertile as the plains of the Sharon and the area of Carmel.
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\q1 There people will see the glory of Yahweh;
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\q2 they will see that he is magnificent.
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\q1
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\v 3 So encourage those who are tired and weak.
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\q1
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\v 4 Say to those who are afraid,
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\q1 "Be strong and do not be afraid,
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\q2 because our God is going to come to get revenge on his enemies;
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\q1 he will pay them back for what they have done,
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\q2 and he will rescue you."
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\q1
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\v 5 When he does that, he will enable blind people to see
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\q2 and enable deaf people to hear.
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\q1
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\v 6 Lame people will leap like deer,
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\q2 and those who have been unable to speak will sing joyfully.
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\q1 Water will gush out from springs in the desert,
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\q2 and streams will flow in the desert.
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\q1
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\v 7 The very hot and dry ground will become a pool of water,
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\q2 and springs will provide water for the dry land.
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\q1 Grass and reeds and papyrus will grow in places where the jackals lived previously.
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\b
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 8 There will be a highway through that land;
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\q2 it will be called 'the Holy Highway.'
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\q1 People who are not acceptable to God will not walk on that road;
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\q2 it will be only for those who conduct their lives as God wants them to,
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\q2 and no wicked fools will walk on that road.
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\q1
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\v 9 There will not be any lions there
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\q2 or any other dangerous animals along that road.
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\q1 Only those whom Yahweh has set free will walk on it.
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\q2
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\v 10 Those whom Yahweh has freed will return to Jerusalem;
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\q1 they will sing as they enter the city,
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\q2 and they will be extremely joyful forever.
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\q1 No longer will they be sad or mourn;
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\q2 they will be completely joyful and glad.
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