Isaiah 35:4

Say to them that are of a fearful lev, 1 Be strong, fear not; 1 hinei, Eloheichem (your G-d) will come with nakam (vengeance), 1 with Elohim gemul (divine retribution) 1 He will come and save you. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3Make 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

5Then the eyes of the ivvrim (blind people) shall be opened, 1 and the ears of the chereshim (deaf ones) shall be unstopped. 1

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Cross References

Joshua 1:6Chazak! (be strong!) And be of good courage: for unto HaAm Hazeh shalt thou divide for a nachalah HaAretz, which I swore unto their avot to give them.

1 Chronicles 28:20And Dovid said to Sh'lomo bno, Chazak! Ve'emetz! (Be strong and take courage!) And do it; fear not, nor be discouraged; for Hashem Elohim, even Elohai, will be with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the Avodas Bais Hashem.

Psalms 116:11I said in my chafaz (haste, alarm, consternation), 1 Kol HaAdam Kozev (all men are liars). 1

Isaiah 25:9And it shall be said in Yom HaHu, 1 Hinei, this is Eloheinu; 1 we have waited for Him, and He will save us; 1 this is Hashem; we have waited for Him, 1 we will be glad and have simcha in His Yeshu'ah (Salvation). 1

Isaiah 28:16Therefore thus saith Adonoi Hashem: 1 Hineni, I lay in Tziyon for a foundation an even (stone), 1 an even bochan (a tried stone), a pinnat yikrat (precious cornerstone), a sure foundation; 1 the ma'amin (believer) shall not panic. 1

Isaiah 32:4The levav also of the rash shall understand da'as, 1 and the lashon of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. 1

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 →

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