Isaiah 35:3
Make ye the weak hands chazak (strong), 1 and steady the birkayim (knees) koshlot (feeble ones [knees] that give way, i.e., of those of the Golus returning to G-d in Tziyon). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 7:11And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the machaneh. Then he went down with Purah his eved unto the outposts of the armed men that were in the machaneh.
Job 4:3Hinei, thou hast instructed rabbim (many), 1 and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. 1
Isaiah 40:1Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith Eloheichem. 1
Isaiah 57:14And shall say: 1 Build ye [a road], build ye [a road], prepare the Derech, 1 remove the michshol (stumblingblock, obstacle) 1 from the Derech Ami (the Way, Road of My People). 1
Zechariah 8:9Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these devarim by the mouth of the nevi'im, on the yom that the Yesod of the Beis Hashem Tzava'os was laid, the Heikhal, that it may be built.
Luke 22:43And a malach min HaShomayim appeared to him, strengthening him.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 35:2-5
The Blessings of the Gospel. ( b. c. 720.) 1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 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. 3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. 4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold,… Read the whole commentary →