⁴ Say to the cowardly:
“Be strong; do not fear!
Here is your God; vengeance is coming.^(A)
God’s retribution is coming; He will save you.”^(B)
5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,
and the ears of the deaf unstopped.^(C)
6 Then the lame will leap like a deer,^(D)
and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy,^(E)
for water will gush in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert;^(F)