Isaías 35:3
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Nota de Estudo
Study Note
This verse stands at the opening of Isaiah 35, a poem of restoration that forms a literary and theological counterpart to the desolation of chapter 34, together constituting a diptych of judgment and redemption. The imperatives 'strengthen' and 'confirm' address not the discouraged themselves but those who minister to them — a pastoral orientation that recognizes the community's role in sustaining hope during crisis. The verse is directly echoed in Hebrews 12:12, which quotes it in the context of Christian endurance under persecution, demonstrating its cross-Testament utility for communities under stress. The imagery of weak hands and feeble knees recurs in ancient Near Eastern contexts as a standard idiom for demoralization, here being reversed by the approaching divine warrior-king of verse 4.
Outras Traduções
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Strengthen ye the feeble hands, Yea, the stumbling knees strengthen.
Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees.
Referências Cruzadas
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, …
And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way …
Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O …
Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth …
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for …
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. …
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.