2.  "Strengthen ye the weak hands, and

"They that wait upon the Lord shall renew

confirm the feeble knees. Say to them of a

their strength; they shall mount up with

fearful heart, Be strong, fear not" (3, 4).

wings as eagles; they shall run, and not

be weary; they shall walk, and not faint"

(40: 31).

"The young men shall utterly fall" (40: 30).

"That they should not stumble" (63: 13)--

the same word as "feeble" in 35: 3.

"I will strengthen thee" (41: 10)--the same

word as "confirm" in 35: 3.

3.

"Behold, your God will come with

"He put on garments of vengeance" (59: 7).

vengeance, even God with a recompense;

"The day of vengeance of our God" (61: 2).

He will come and save you" (4).

"The day of vengeance is in Mine heart"

(63: 4).

"Recompense to His enemies; to the islands

He will repay recompense" (59: 18).

"The Lord that rendereth recompense to His

enemies" (66: 6).

4.  "Then the eyes of the blind shall be

"To open the blind eyes" (42: 7).

opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be

"I will bring the blind by a way that they

unstopped" (5).

know not" (42: 16).

"Hear, ye deaf;  and look, ye blind"

(42: 18).

See also 43: 8.

5.

"For in the wilderness shall waters

"I will open rivers in high places, and

break out, and streams in the desert" (6).

fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will

make the wilderness a pool of water, and

the dry land springs of water" (41: 18).

"I give waters in the wilderness and rivers

in the desert" (43: 20).

See also 44: 3-5 and 48: 21.

6.  "And a highway shall be there, and a

"I will bring . . . . . by a way . . . . . in paths"

way;  and it shall be called the way of

(41: 16).

holiness" (8).

"I will even make a way in the wilderness"

(43: 19).

"I will make all My mountains a way, and

My highways shall be exalted" (49: 1).

7.  "And the ransomed of the Lord shall

"Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall

return, and come to Zion with songs and

return, and come with singing unto Zion;

everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall

and everlasting joy shall be upon their

obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and

head: they shall obtain gladness and joy,

sighing shall flee away" (10).

and sorrow and mourning shall flee

away" (51: 11).