Self-interpreting Bible

1 THE ^awilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert ^bshall rejoice, and ^cblossom as the rose.

• a: Is. 32:13 - 16 , Re. 12:14 , Ac. 7:37 , Ac. 7:38
• b: Is. 52:9 , Is. 55:12 , Is. 55:13 , Ps. 48:11 , De. 32:43
• c: Is. 4:2 , Is. 30:23 , Is. 32:15 - 17 , Is. 41:18 , Is. 41:19 , Is. 43:19 , Is. 43:20 , Is. 55:13 , Is. 29:17 , Is. 51:3 , Is. 65:10 , Is. 11:10 , Is. 33:9 , Isaiah 60 - 62 , Isaiah 65 , Isaiah 66 , Ro. 11:25 , Ro. 15:10 - 19

2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: ^dthe 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.

• d: Ho. 14:5 , Ho. 14:6 , Ps. 1:3 , Ps. 23:2 , Ps. 80:11 , Ps. 92:12 , Ps. 98:1 - 3 , Ps. 72:19 , Ps. 102:16 , Ps. 102:21 , Is. 29:17 , Is. 33:9 , Is. 60:1 , Is. 60:13 , Is. 11:16 , Re. 21:23 , 2Co. 3:18 , 2Co. 4:6 , Je. 17:8 , Eze. 34:13 , Eze. 34:14 , Mi. 5:3

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

• e: He. 12:12 , He. 12:13 , Job 4:3 , Job 4:4 , Re. 3:2 , Je. 27:14 , Je. 31:25 , 1Co. 15:58 , 1Co. 16:3 , Mat. 9:2 , Mat. 14:27

4 Say to them that are of a ¹fearful heart, ^fBe strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

• 1: Heb. hasty.
• f: Jos. 1:6 , Jos. 1:7 , Jos. 1:9 , Is. 44:2 , Is. 30:27 , Is. 40:10 , Is. 25:9 , Is. 63:4 , Is. 66:15 , Hab. 2:3 , He. 10:37 , Ho. 1:7 , Mat. 1:21 , Lu. 21:28

5 Then the ^geyes of the blind shall be opened, and ^hthe ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

• g: Is. 29:18 , Is. 29:24 , Is. 32:3 , Is. 42:7 , Is. 42:16 , Is. 42:18 , Mat. 9:27 - 30 , Mat. 11:5 , Mat. 12:22 , Mat. 20:30 - 34 , Mat. 21:14 , Jn. 9:6 , Jn. 9:7 , Ac. 26:18 , Ep. 1:17 , Ep. 1:18 , 2Co. 4:6 , Is. 60:2 , Is. 60:3 , Is. 60:20 , Eze. 47:1 - 10 , Zec. 14:7 - 9 , Re. 21:23 , Re. 21:24 , Is. 2:2 - 5 , Is. 11:9 , Is. 30:26 , Is. 54:12 , Is. 54:13 , Ac. 2:46 , De. 32:42 , Ps. 146:8
• h: Mat. 11:5 , Mar. 7:32 - 35

6 Then shall the ⁱlame man leap as an ^*hart, and the ^jtongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall ^kwaters break out, and streams in the desert.

• i: Mat. 11:5 , Mat. 15:30 , Mat. 21:14 , Jn. 5:3 , Jn. 5:8 , Jn. 5:9 , Ac. 3:2 - 8 , Ac. 8:7 , Ac. 14:8 - 10
• *: hart-deer.
• j: Mat. 9:32 , Mat. 9:33 , Mat. 12:22 , Mat. 15:30 , Lu. 1:46 , Lu. 1:64 , Lu. 2:20 , Lu. 24:50 , Ac. 3:8 , Ac. 3:9 , Ro. 15:11 , Col. 3:16 , Ep. 5:19 , De. 32:42 , Ro. 15:10 - 12 , Ro. 15:18
• k: Is. 41:18 , Is. 43:19 , Is. 43:20 , Is. 48:21 , Is. 49:10 , Is. 49:11 , Is. 58:11 , Eze. 47:1 - 11 , 3:18 , Re. 22:1 , Re. 22:17 , Zec. 13:1 , Zec. 14:8 , Jn. 7:37 - 39 , Jn. 4:14

7 And ^lthe parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of ^*dragons, where each lay, shall be ²grass with reeds and rushes.

• l: Ps. 72:9 - 17 , Ac. 26:18 , 1Co. 6:9 - 11 , Tit. 3:3 - 7 , Is. 34:13 , De. 8:15
• *: dragons-serpents.
• 2: Or, a court for reeds.

8 And ^man highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; ⁿthe unclean shall not pass over it; ³but it shall be for those: the ^owayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

• m: Is. 40:3 , Is. 42:16 , Is. 49:11 , Is. 49:12 , Jn. 14:6 , Jn. 10:9 , Ep. 2:18 , 1Co. 1:30 , Col. 2:6 , Ac. 24:14 , Ep. 4:4 - 6 , 1Co. 3:11 , He. 10:20 , Ga. 1:7 - 9
• n: Re. 21:27 , 3:17 , Is. 52:1 , Is. 60:21 , Zec. 14:20 , Eze. 43:12 , Eze. 44:9 , 1Co. 6:11 , Tit. 3:5 , Tit. 2:11 , Tit. 2:12 , 2Co. 7:1
• 3: Or, for he shall be with them. v.5,6,9,10. , Is. 35:5 , Is. 35:6 , Is. 35:9 , Is. 35:10
• o: Ps. 25:8 , Ps. 25:9 , Ps. 119:130 , Pr. 9:4 , Pr. 9:5 , 1Co. 1:27 , 1Jn. 2:20 , 1Jn. 2:27 , Je. 32:39 , Je. 32:40 , vs. 1

9 ^pNo lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:

• p: Eze. 34:25 , Is. 11:6 - 9 , Is. 65:25 , Ps. 10:9 , Pr. 28:15 , 1Pe. 5:8 , Re. 20:1 , Re. 20:2

10 And the ^qransomed of the LORD shall return, and ^rcome to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

• q: Is. 51:11 , Is. 43:10 , Is. 43:14 , Is. 62:12 , Is. 60:14 , Ep. 1:7 , Ep. 2:10 , Ep. 5:2
• r: Ps. 84:7 , Ps. 45:14 , Ps. 45:15 , Je. 50:4 , Je. 31:6 , Je. 31:12 , Is. 24:14 - 16 , Isaiah 25 , Isaiah 26 , Isaiah 60 , Isaiah 61 , Is. 65:19 , Ac. 2:41 - 47 , Jn. 16:22 , He. 12:22 , Re. 5:9 , Re. 7:9 - 17 , Re. 14:1 - 4 , Re. 15:3 , Re. 15:4 , Re. 18:20 , Re. 19:1 - 7 , Re. 21:4 , Pr. 10:6 , Ro. 14:17 , 1Pe. 1:8 , Jn. 16:22 , Jn. 4:14 , vs. 24