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Isaiah 35:8

Way of Holiness
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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.

7 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.

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.

10 So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

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BSB
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.
KJV
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
WEB
A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called “The Holy Way”. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools shall not go there.
ASV
And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but is shall be for [the redeemed]: the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err [therein].
DARBY
And a highway shall be there and a way, and it shall be called, The way of holiness: the unclean shall not pass through it; but it shall be for these. Those that go [this] way even fools, shall not err [therein].
BLB
And a highway will be there, and a way, and it will be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean will not pass over it, and it [is] for those walking the Way, and fools will not wander it.
ÅB
Og der skal være en ryddet vei, og den skal kalles den hellige vei, ingen uren skal gå på den, men den hører hans folk til; ingen veifarende, ikke engang dårer, skal fare vill.
OTB
Og der skal være en vei, kalt Den hellige vei. De urene skal ikke ferdes på den, men den skal være for dem som vandrer på den veien; dårer skal ikke vandre på den.
B1930
Og der skal være en ryddet vei, og den skal kalles den hellige vei, ingen uren skal gå på den, men den hører hans folk til; ingen veifarende, ikke engang dårer, skal fare vill.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 7:13–14

    Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

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  • Isaiah 42:16

    I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.

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  • John 14:6

    Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

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  • Revelation 21:27

    But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

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  • 1 Peter 1:14–15

    As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.

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  • Hebrews 10:20–23

    by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,

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  • 1 Peter 2:9–10

    But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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  • 2 Timothy 1:9

    He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.

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