Bible Strands
Isaiah 35:9
No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet addresses Israel regarding a future restoration journey, describing the safe passage of the Way of Holiness that separates the unclean from the redeemed.
The words — אַרְיֵה ('ar.Yeh) translates literally as "a lion," and פְרִיץ (fe.Ritz) means "a violent one," both denoting predatory threats that will be entirely absent from the path.
The thread — This removal of wild animals to ensure secure dwelling echoes Ezekiel 34:25 and the leading of the redeemed in Exodus 15:13, while the title "Redeemed" connects to Isaiah 62:12.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that the Way of Holiness is exclusively for those God has rescued, requiring readers to abandon fear and walk the path of divine protection without deviation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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:
Cross-references
- Isaiah 62:12 And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
- Ezekiel 34:25 I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
- Exodus 15:13 With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.
- Leviticus 26:6 And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
- Psalms 107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
- Isaiah 11:6 The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.
- Isaiah 30:6 This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
- Isaiah 63:4 For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.
- Isaiah 65:25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.
- Hosea 2:18 On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.