Pentecost Season · Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year B
Isaiah 35:4-7a
Joy of the Redeemed
September 5, 2027
Overview & Insights
“Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened… and the ransomed of the Lord shall return with singing.” (Isaiah 35:5, 10)
While chapter 33 looks back and reworks the message of the book so far, it does so in a way that points forward and emphasizes the wondrous reversal and restoration that Yahweh will bring about. Since the second half of the book is more renewal-focused, chapter 33 thus also anticipates this material. Chapters 34–35 then mirror chapter 33. They have one eye to what has preceded, but they more explicitly point to what will come, introducing us to themes to be developed in the second half of the book. We will see that chapters 36–39 are stories that talk about Isaiah and were therefore hardly written by him, while chapters 40–66 presuppose a later context than Isaiah’s day and are presumably the words of later prophets.
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Commentary
Commentary on Isaiah 35:4-7a Working Preacher
Luther Seminary exegesis of the promise that the blind will see and the deaf hear when God comes to save.
Isaiah 35:4-7 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Reformed, sermon shaped commentary on the blossoming wilderness and the healing of body and land.
Isaiah 35: The Ransomed Shall Return Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse by verse evangelical commentary on the chapter of the blossoming desert.
Isaiah 35 Commentary Precept Austin
A deep gathering of word studies and cross references verse by verse.
Isaiah 35:4 Commentaries BibleHub
Aggregates classic commentaries on the passage in one place.
Isaiah 35, Expository Notes StudyLight
Thomas Constable's expository notes on the joy of the redeemed and the healed creation.
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) Agape Bible Study
A Catholic study of the day's readings, tying Isaiah's promise to the Ephphatha Gospel.
Background & Word Study
Isaiah 35 in Hebrew Sefaria
The Hebrew text with English alongside and traditional Jewish commentary links.
Isaiah 35:4 Hebrew Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers for close study.
Enter the Bible: Isaiah Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary background on Isaiah and its message of judgment and hope.
Isaiah 1-39 Overview BibleProject
An animated overview of the first part of Isaiah where this oracle of hope sits.
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What is the joy of Isaiah 35?
The desert blooms and a highway of holiness opens for the redeemed to come to Zion with everlasting joy, and sorrow and sighing flee away.
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