Isaiah 51:3

For Hashem shall comfort Tziyon; 1 He will comfort all her ruins; 1 and He will make her midbar like Eden, 1 and her ruins like the Gan (Garden) of Hashem; 1 sasson and simchah shall be found therein, 1 todah, and the kol zimrah (the sound of singing). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

In Context

2Look unto Avraham Avichem, 1 and unto Sarah that gave birth to you; 1 for I called him as one alone, 1 and put a brocha on him, and made him many. 1

4Pay heed unto Me, O My people; 1 and give ear unto Me, O My Nation; 1 for torah + 51:4 42:4 shall go forth from Me, 1 and I will set at rest + 51:4 establish My mishpat as Ohr Amim (Light for the Nations). 1

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Cross References

Genesis 13:10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Yarden, that it was well watered everywhere, before Hashem destroyed Sodom and Amora, even as the Gan Hashem, like Eretz Mitzrayim, as you go to Tzoar.

Psalms 102:13But Thou, Hashem, shall endure l'olam; 1 and Thy memory unto dor vador. 1

Isaiah 12:1And in Yom Hahu thou shalt say, 1 Hashem, I will praise Thee; 1 though Thou wast angry with me, 1 Thine anger is turned away, 1 and Thou comfortedst me. 1

Isaiah 35:1The Midbar (desert) and the Tziyyah (dry land) shall be glad over them; + 35:1 the redeemed of Hashem, see 35:9 1 and the Aravah shall rejoice, 1 and blossom like the khavatzelet (lily). 1

Isaiah 40:1Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith Eloheichem. 1

Isaiah 41:19I will plant in the midbar the cedar, 1 the acacia, and the myrtle, and the etz shemen; 1 I will set in the Aravah the cypress, 1 and the fir, and the box tree together; 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 51:2-4

Encouragement to the Disconsolate. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord : look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. 3 For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord ; joy and gladness… Read the whole commentary →

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