Isaiah 35

Which worship songs are based on Isaiah 35?

  1. Springtime — Chris Renzema (2020) Isaiah 35:1-2

    The expectation that dry, barren ground will flower and bloom closely parallels Isaiah's vision of the wilderness blossoming under God's restoring presence.

  2. Like You, Lord — Jon Guerra (2023) Isaiah 35:1-2

    The depiction of God causing the wilderness to flower closely reflects Isaiah’s vision of barren land blossoming under divine restoration.

  3. Your Nature — Kari Jobe (2020) Isaiah 35:1-7

    The chorus closely follows Isaiah’s restoration vision in which wilderness becomes fertile and water flows through formerly dry ground.

  4. Rejoice — Sean Feucht (2009) Isaiah 35:1-7

    The verses closely adapt Isaiah's vision of restoration: the desert rejoices and blossoms, weakened hands and knees are strengthened, and God approaches to save. The restored movement of the lame, renewed speech of the mute, and water emerging in dry ground make this connection unmistakable.

  5. Comfort — Bethany Barnard (2021) Isaiah 35:1-2

    The personified wilderness and wasteland rejoicing amid anticipated blossoming closely follow Isaiah's vision of barren land becoming glad and flowering under God's restoration.

  6. God With Us (You Are Emmanuel) [Live] — Leeland (2014) Isaiah 35:3-4

    The opening closely follows Isaiah's sequence of strengthening the weak, addressing the fearful, and announcing that God will come to save them.

  7. In You — MercyMe (2008) Isaiah 35:5-6

    The paired images of restored sight and people formerly unable to walk moving joyfully closely reflect Isaiah’s vision of restoration. Their placement within an anticipated future strengthens the connection to this prophecy rather than to an individual healing account.

  8. By the Grace of God — Gateway Worship (2010) Isaiah 35:5-6

    The paired images of restored hearing and formerly lame people moving joyfully closely echo Isaiah’s vision of deaf ears opening and the lame leaping. The surrounding celebration reinforces this distinctive cluster of restoration imagery.

  9. Hallelujah Square — Greater Vision (2018) Isaiah 35:5-6

    The paired expectation that blindness will be removed and impaired mobility restored closely reflects Isaiah’s vision of the blind seeing and the lame walking in the age of divine restoration.

  10. You Will Make All Things New — Sovereign Grace Music (2026) Isaiah 35:5-6

    The song evokes imagery of the blind seeing and the lame walking, which parallels the prophetic vision in Isaiah where the eyes of the blind are opened and the lame leap like deer, symbolizing healing and restoration.

  11. Mary Did You Know - Acapella — Cimorelli (2014) Isaiah 35:5-6

    The bridge closely adapts Isaiah’s sequence of restored sight, hearing, movement, and speech. Its distinctive description of the lame leaping makes this more than a general reference to healing.

  12. Kingdom Come - Live — Covenant Worship & David & Nicole Binion & Joshua Dufrene (2014) Isaiah 35:5-6

    The second verse pairs restored sight with disabled people leaping, closely matching Isaiah’s specific portrayal of restoration. The emphasis on leaping distinguishes this allusion from general references to Jesus’ healing ministry.

  13. Mary, Did You Know? — Rascal Flatts (2010) Isaiah 35:5-6

    The coordinated restoration of sight, hearing, movement, and speech closely adapts Isaiah's prophecy. The distinctive image of a formerly lame person leaping makes this more than a generic reference to healing.

  14. Mary Did You Know — Jason Crabb (2010) Isaiah 35:5-6

    The combined restoration of sight, hearing, movement, and speech closely follows Isaiah's prophetic description of restoration, particularly its distinctive image of a formerly disabled person leaping.

  15. Mary Did You Know? — Scotty McCreery (2012) Isaiah 35:5-6

    The bridge closely adapts Isaiah's coordinated imagery of restored sight, hearing, speech, and leaping mobility. This distinctive combination makes the connection more specific than a general reference to healing.

  16. Mary, Did You Know? — Carly Pearce (2021) Isaiah 35:5-6

    The chorus closely follows Isaiah’s restoration imagery: sight and hearing are restored, those unable to walk leap, and those unable to speak gain a voice.

  17. Mary, Did You Know? — CCV Music (2023) Isaiah 35:5-6

    The bridge closely follows Isaiah's coordinated vision of blind and deaf people being restored, the lame leaping, and formerly speechless people rejoicing.

  18. Mary, Did You Know? — Zara Larsson (2024) Isaiah 35:5-6

    The catalog of sight, hearing, restored life, mobility, and speech closely paraphrases Jesus’ description of his messianic works while drawing on Isaiah’s prophecy of restoration.

  19. Mary Did You Know — India.Arie & Gene Moore Jr. (2014) Isaiah 35:5-6

    The combined restoration of sight, hearing, movement, and speech closely follows Isaiah's prophecy. The particular description of the lame leaping makes this more than a general reference to healing.

  20. Highway to Heaven — Al Green (2015) Isaiah 35:8-10

    The song’s central image of a divinely appointed highway toward a heavenly destination echoes Isaiah’s sacred highway, along which the redeemed travel safely to Zion. This is an adaptation of the prophetic road imagery, not a quotation.

  21. Highway to Heaven (reprise) — Al Green (2015) Isaiah 35:8

    The chorus combines a heavenly road with a restriction based on purity, closely adapting Isaiah’s highway of holiness, on which the unclean cannot travel. The song recasts that prophetic image as a route to heaven.

Isaiah 35 (King James Version)

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, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:

10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.