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title: "Isaiah 35 – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin Vulgate · Bless"
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description: "The joyful flourishing of Christ's kingdom: in his church shall be a holy and… Isaiah 35 in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin Vulgate."
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# Isaiah 35

Isaiah 35 is chapter 35 of 66 in the Book of Isaiah. Here are all 10 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> The joyful flourishing of Christ's kingdom: in his church shall be a holy and secure way.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Isaiah 35 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. The desolate and impassable land will rejoice, and the place of solitude will exult, and it will flourish like the lily.
2. It will spring up and blossom, and it will exult with rejoicing and praising. The glory of Lebanon has been given to it, with the beauty of Carmel and Sharon. These will see the glory of the Lord and the beauty of our God.
3. Strengthen the lax hands, and confirm the weak knees!
4. Say to the fainthearted: “Take courage and fear not! Behold, your God will bring the vindication of retribution. God himself will arrive to save you.”
5. Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be cleared.
6. Then the disabled will leap like a buck, and the tongue of the mute will be untied. For the waters have burst forth in the desert, and torrents in solitary places.
7. And the land that was dry will have a pond, and the thirsty land will have fountains of water. In the hollows where the serpents lived before, there will rise up the greenery of reed and bulrush.
8. And there shall be a path and a road in that place. And it will be called the Holy Way. The defiled will not pass through it. For this will be an upright path for you, so much so that the foolish will not wander along it.
9. There will be no lions in that place, and harmful wild animals will neither climb up to it, nor be found there. Only those who have been freed will walk in that place.
10. And the redeemed of the Lord will be converted, and they will return to Zion with praising. And everlasting joy will be upon their heads. They will obtain gladness and rejoicing. For pain and sorrow will flee away.

## Isaiah 35 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Lætabitur deserta et invia, et exsultabit solitudo, et florebit quasi lilium.
2. Germinans germinabit, et exsultabit lætabunda et laudans: gloria Libani data est ei, decor Carmeli et Saron; ipsi videbunt gloriam Domini, et decorem Dei nostri.
3. Confortate manus dissolutas, et genua debilia roborate.
4. Dicite pusillanimis: Confortamini, et nolite timere: ecce Deus vester ultionem adducet retributionis; Deus ipse veniet, et salvabit vos.
5. Tunc aperientur oculi cæcorum, et aures surdorum patebunt;
6. tunc saliet sicut cervus claudus, et aperta erit lingua mutorum: quia scissæ sunt in deserto aquæ, et torrentes in solitudine;
7. et quæ erat arida, erit in stagnum, et sitiens in fontes aquarum. In cubilibus, in quibus prius dracones habitabant, orietur viror calami et junci.
8. Et erit ibi semita et via, et via sancta vocabitur: non transibit per eam pollutus, et hæc erit vobis directa via, ita ut stulti non errent per eam.
9. Non erit ibi leo, et mala bestia non ascendet per eam, nec invenietur ibi; et ambulabunt qui liberati fuerint.
10. Et redempti a Domino convertentur, et venient in Sion cum laude, et lætitia sempiterna super caput eorum: gaudium et lætitiam obtinebunt, et fugiet dolor et gemitus.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Mon, Dec 7, 2026: St. Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church — First Reading, Isaiah 35:1-10
- Sun, Sep 5, 2027 (computed): Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time — First Reading, Isaiah 35:4-7a
- Mon, Dec 6, 2027 (computed): Monday of the Second Week of Advent — First Reading, Isaiah 35:1-10
- Mon, Dec 11, 2028 (computed): Monday of the Second Week of Advent — First Reading, Isaiah 35:1-10

1 more date through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).