Isaiah 35:7
5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
6 Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.
8 And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
9 No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.
- KJV
- And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
- WEB
- The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.
- ASV
- And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
- DARBY
- And the mirage shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of wild dogs, where they lay down, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
- BLB
- and the parched ground will become like a pool, and the thirsty land like springs of water; in the abode [where] jackals once lay, [will be] grass with reeds and papyrus.
- ÅB
- og det glødende sandhav skal bli til en sjø, og det tørste land til vannrike kilder; på det sted hvor sjakalene hvilte, vokser siv og rør.
- OTB
- Den brennende sanden skal bli til en dam, og det tørste land til kilder av vann. Der sjakaler en gang lå, skal det vokse gress, siv og rør.
- B1930
- og det glødende sandhav skal bli til en sjø, og det tørste land til vannrike kilder; på det sted hvor sjakalene hvilte, vokser siv og rør.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
Read in contextIsaiah 49:10
They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
Read in contextJohn 4:14
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
Read in contextIsaiah 34:13
Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.
Read in context1 John 5:19–20
We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.
Read in contextRevelation 18:2
And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.
Read in contextIsaiah 13:22
Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.
Read in contextJohn 7:38
Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
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