Isaiah 35:1,2

Unlike the fate of the country called Edom, *Zion’s land will become beautiful. This will happen at a time that God chooses.

• The work of Jesus Christ on the Cross affects the whole of Nature (see Colossians 1:20).

The *Lord will rescue his people

v3 Make your hands strong! Make your knees firm! You who are weak, stand firm. v4 Tell people who tremble with fear to be strong. Do not be afraid! Our God is coming to punish our enemies. And he is coming to provide you richly with all that you need. He will save you from all your troubles. v5 Then God will make blind people able to see. He will make deaf people able to hear. v6 He will make people who cannot walk properly able to jump and to run. And people who cannot speak will be able to sing. Water will suddenly appear in dry places. And rivers will begin to flow in the deserts. v7 The hot sand will become a lake of cool water. Once only foxes of the desert lived in these places. But now plants that grow in the water will be there.