cellency of our God. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing."
Then the prophet told the people of some terrible woes that would befall them for their sin, before the Saviour would come. The prophet says, "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drinks; and continue till night, till wine inflame them. Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge." But the prophet says that "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 sighing and sorrow shall flee away."
Now, in exactly the same way, St. John goes on to reveal some terrible woes that shall befall
