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Isaiah 35

1 The great joy of them that believe in Christ, 3 Their office which preach the Gospel. 8 The fruits that follow thereof.
1.The adesert and the wilderness shall rejoyce: and the waste ground shalbe glad and florish as the rose.
2.It shall florish abundantly and shall greatly rejoyce also and joy: the glory of Lebanón shalbe given unto it: the beauty of bCarmel, and of Sharón, they shall csee the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.
3.dStrengthen the weak hands, and comfort the feeble knees.
4.Say unto them that are fearful, Be you strong, fear not: behold, your God commeth with evengeance: even God with a recompence, he will come and save you.
5.Then shall the eyes of the fblind be lightened, and the ears of the deaf be opened.
6.Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the domme man’s tongue shall sing: for in the gwilderness shall waters break out, and rivers in the desert.
7.And the dry ground shall be as a pool, and the thirsty (as springs of water in the habitation of dragons: where they lay) shalbe a place for reeds and rushes.
8.And there shalbe a path and a way, and the way shalbe called hholy: the polluted shall not pass by it: for ihe shalbe with them, and walk in the way, and the fools shall not erre.
9.There shalbe kno lyon, nor noisome beasts shall ascend by it, neither shall they be found there, that the redeemed may walk.
10.Therefore the lredeemed of the Lord shall return and come to Zión with praise: and everlasting joy shalbe upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Notes

1-a.
He prophecies of the full restoration of the Church both of the Jews and Gentiles under Christ, which shall be fully accomplished at the last day: albeit as yet it is compared to a desert and wilderness.
2-b.
The Church which was compared to a barren wilderness, shall by Christ be made most plenteous and beautiful.
2-c.
He shows that the presence of God is the cause that the Church does bring forth fruit and florish.
3-d.
He wills all to encourage one another, and specially the ministers to exhort and strengthen the weak, that they may patiently abide the coming of God, which is at hand.
4-e.
To destroy your enemies.
5-f.
When the knowledge of Christ is revealed.
6-g.
They that were barren and destitute of the graces of God, shall have them given by Christ.
8-h.
It shall be for the Saints of God and not for the wicked.
8-i.
God shall lead and guide them, alluding to the bringing forth of Egypt.
9-k.
As he threatened to the wicked to be destroyed hereby, Ch. 30.6.
10-l.
Whom the Lord shall deliver from the captivity of Babylon.