Isaiah 55:13

Instead of the thornbush shall come up the cypress, 1 and instead of the sirpad (nettle, prickly herb) shall come up the myrtle; 1 and it shall be to Hashem for a Shem, 1 for an ot olam lo yikaret (everlasting sign that shall not be cut off). + 55:13 See Dan 9:26

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

In Context

12For ye shall go out with simcha, 1 and be led back with shalom; 1 the harim and the geva'ot (hills) 1 shall break forth into singing before you, 1 and kol atzei hasadeh shall clap their hands. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:6And I will lay it waste; 1 it shall not be pruned, 1 nor cultivated; 1 but there shall come up briers and thorns; 1 I will also command the clouds that they rain no matar (rain) upon it. 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

Isaiah 54:10For the harim (mountains) shall depart, 1 and the geva'ot (hills) be removed; 1 but My chesed shall not depart from thee, 1 neither shall the Brit of My Shalom be removed, 1 saith Merachamech Hashem ( Hashem the One having rachamim on thee). 1

Isaiah 60:17Instead of nechoshet I will bring zahav, 1 and for barzel (iron) I will bring kesef, 1 and for etzim (wood) nechoshet, 1 and for avanim (stones) barzel (iron); 1 I will also make thy pekudim shalom, 1 and thine nogesim tzedakah. 1

Isaiah 61:3To grant unto Avelei Tziyon (Mourners of Zion), 1 giving unto them a flower wreath instead of ashes, 1 the shemen sasson (oil of joy) instead of avel (mourning), 1 the garment of tehillah (praise) for the ruach of keheh (fainting, a heavy spirit); 1 that they might be called Eilei HaTzedek (Oaks of Righteousness), 1 the planting of Hashem, that He might be glorified. 1

Jeremiah 13:11For as the ezor has deveykus with the waist of an ish, so have I caused to have deveykus unto Me kol Bais Yisroel and kol Bais Yehudah, saith Hashem; that they might be unto Me for a People, and for Shem, and for Tehillah, and for Teferet: but they would not hear.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 55:7-13

Evangelical Invitations. ( b. c. 706.) 6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord , and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord . 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10… Read the whole commentary →

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