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Isaiah 35:3–10

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Isaiah 35:3

3¶ Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

Isaiah 35:4

4Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

Isaiah 35:5

5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Isaiah 35:6

6Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Isaiah 35:7

7And 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.

Isaiah 35:8

8And 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.

Isaiah 35:9

9No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:

Isaiah 35:10

10And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 35:3

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

Strengthen

To make stronger, confirm, encourage, fortify, or increase in power.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

weak

Lacking physical strength, power, firmness, or ability.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

hands

The end parts of the arms used for holding and working; also figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

confirm

To make firm or strengthen a person, people, inheritance, or position.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

knees

The joint between the thigh and lower leg, especially as bent or bowed.

Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 35:4

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

heart

The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

strong

Having strength, power, firmness, endurance, influence, or the ability to resist and prevail.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

fear

Alarm or dread; reverent awe; as a verb, to be afraid, revere, or cause fear.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

God

A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

even

Indeed or precisely; adding emphasis to what follows.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

recompence

An older spelling of recompense: compensation, reward, repayment, or amends.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 35:5

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

eyes

The organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, judgment, or presence, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

blind

Unable to see; lacking understanding; as a verb, to deprive of sight or discernment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

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opened

Made open, uncovered, unsealed, revealed, or made accessible.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 35:6

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

man

A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

leap

To spring or rise from the ground with both feet, as man, or with all the feet, as other animals; to jump; to vault.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

sing

To produce musical sounds with the voice; to celebrate, praise, or tell in song.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

break

To separate, fracture, open, interrupt, violate, subdue, or burst forth, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

out

Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

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Isaiah 35:7

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

thirsty

Needing or desiring drink; very dry or parched; by figure, strongly desiring something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

springs

Sources or streams of water flowing from the ground.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

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water

The common liquid necessary for life; as a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

dragons

Creatures inhabiting waste or desert places, described by their dwelling, cry, or snuffing.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

lay

Place or set down; also rested or remained in a recumbent position, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828

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grass

Low green herbage growing from the ground; by extension, plants used for pasture.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

rushes

The plant called a rush, associated with wet ground; as a verb, to move or drive violently and rapidly.

Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 35:8

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

highway

A public or principal road; a main way of travel.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

called

Named, summoned, invited, proclaimed, or addressed, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

holiness

The state of being holy: moral purity, freedom from sin, or sacredness through consecration to God.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

unclean

Not clean or pure; filthy, morally defiled, or ceremonially impure, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

pass

To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

but

But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.

Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

fools

Persons lacking wisdom or sound judgment, especially in moral or spiritual conduct.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

err

To miss the right way, in morals or religion; to deviate from the path or line of duty; to stray by design or mistake.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 35:9

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

any

One, some, or every member or amount of an indefinite number or quantity, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

ravenous

Eager for prey or gratification. Furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; devouring with rapacious eagerness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

found

Discovered, obtained, or encountered; or established upon a foundation, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

but

But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.

Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

redeemed

Ransomed; delivered from bondage, distress, penalty, liability, or from the possession of another, by paying an equivalent.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 35:10

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

ransomed

Redeemed or rescued from captivity, bondage or punishment by the payment of an equivalent.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

Lord

LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

return

To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

everlasting

Enduring forever or without end; eternal in the person, life, judgment, kingdom, mercy, righteousness, or other reality spoken of.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

obtain

To gain, acquire, receive, secure, or attain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

gladness

Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.

Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

sorrow

Grief, mental pain, distress, or mourning; also to grieve.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

sighing

An audible or inward expression of grief, distress, or oppression.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

flee

To run or hasten away, especially from danger or expected evil.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

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From verse 3

  1. Hebrews 12:12
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  2. Job 4:3–4
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  3. Luke 22:32
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  4. Isaiah 57:14–16
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  5. Acts 18:23
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From verse 4

  1. James 5:7–9
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  2. Isaiah 41:10–14
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  3. Zephaniah 3:16–17
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  4. Ephesians 6:10
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  5. Haggai 2:4
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From verse 5

  1. Isaiah 42:6–7
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  2. Luke 7:20–23
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  3. Isaiah 29:18
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  4. Matthew 11:3–5
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  5. Isaiah 32:3–4
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From verse 6

  1. John 5:8–9
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  2. John 7:37–39
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  3. Luke 11:14
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  4. Isaiah 32:4
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  5. Matthew 12:22
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From verse 7

  1. Acts 26:18
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  2. Isaiah 49:10
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  3. John 4:14
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  4. Isaiah 34:13
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  5. 1 John 5:19–20
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  1. Matthew 7:13–14
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  2. Isaiah 42:16
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  3. John 14:6
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  4. 1 Peter 1:14–15
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  5. Revelation 21:27
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From verse 9

  1. Ezekiel 34:25
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  2. Isaiah 62:12
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  3. Exodus 15:13
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  4. Hosea 2:18
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  5. Isaiah 11:6–9
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From verse 10

  1. Isaiah 30:19
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  2. Revelation 21:4
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  3. Isaiah 25:8
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  4. Isaiah 51:10–11
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  5. Isaiah 65:19
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