1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

1 Lætabitur deserta et invia,
et exsultabit solitudo,
et florebit quasi lilium.

2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.

2 Germinans germinabit, et exsultabit
lætabunda et laudans:
gloria Libani data est ei,
decor Carmeli et Saron;
ipsi videbunt gloriam Domini,
et decorem Dei nostri.

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

3 Confortate manus dissolutas,
et genua debilia roborate.

4 Say 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.

4 Dicite pusillanimis:
Confortamini, et nolite timere:
ecce Deus vester ultionem adducet retributionis;
Deus ipse veniet, et salvabit vos.

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

5 Tunc aperientur oculi cæcorum,
et aures surdorum patebunt;

6 Then 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.

6 tunc saliet sicut cervus claudus,
et aperta erit lingua mutorum:
quia scissæ sunt in deserto aquæ,
et torrentes in solitudine;

7 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.

7 et quæ erat arida, erit in stagnum,
et sitiens in fontes aquarum.
In cubilibus, in quibus prius dracones habitabant,
orietur viror calami et junci.

8 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.

8 Et erit ibi semita et via,
et via sancta vocabitur:
non transibit per eam pollutus,
et hæc erit vobis directa via,
ita ut stulti non errent per eam.

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

9 Non erit ibi leo,
et mala bestia non ascendet per eam,
nec invenietur ibi;
et ambulabunt qui liberati fuerint.

10 And 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.

10 Et redempti a Domino convertentur,
et venient in Sion cum laude,
et lætitia sempiterna super caput eorum:
gaudium et lætitiam obtinebunt,
et fugiet dolor et gemitus.