Isaiah 35:1

The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. 2 The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. 1

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In The King James Version

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

In Context

2It will blossom abundantly, 2 and rejoice even with joy and singing. 2 Lebanon’s kavod ·weighty glory· will be given to it, 2 the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. 2 They will see the kavod Yahweh ·weighty glory of He sustains breathing·, 2 the excellence of our God. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 97:8Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking] sh'ma ·heard obeyed· and was glad. 2 The daughters of Judah [Praised] rejoiced, 2 because of your judgments, Adonai. 1

Isaiah 27:6In days to come, Jacob [Supplanter] will take root. Israel [God prevails] will blossom and bud. They will fill the surface of the world with fruit.

Isaiah 29:17Is not it yet a very little while, and Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be regarded as a forest?

Isaiah 40:3+ 40:3 (context 40:3-5) MP: A messenger is sent by God to comfort Israel by announcing and preparing a way for the Messiah. (See also Mal 3:1). (Matt 3:1-5; Mark 1:4; John 1:22-23) The voice of one who calls out, 2 + 40:3. MP: Messiah has the titles of Yahweh and God associated with him (similar to the Angel of Yahweh in Ex 23:20-21). (See also Index of The Angel of Yahweh). (John 1:14) “Prepare the way of Adonai in the wilderness! 2 + 40:3 c MP: Messiah is associated with God. God is associated with Messiah. (Mark 1:3-4) Make a level highway in the desert for + 40:3. Quoted in Matt 3:3; Mark 1:2-3; Luke 1:76 our God. 1

Isaiah 51:3For Adonai has comforted Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking]. 2 He has comforted all her waste places, 2 and has made her wilderness like Eden [Delight], 2 and her desert like the garden of Adonai. 1 Joy and gladness will be found therein, 2 thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. 1

Isaiah 55:12For you shall go out with joy, 2 and be led out with peace. 1 The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; 2 and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 35:1

As after a prediction of God's judgments upon the world ( ch. xxiv. ) follows a promise of great mercy to be had in store for his church ( ch. xxv. ), so here after a black and dreadful scene of confusion in the foregoing chapter we have, in this, a bright and pleasant one, which, though it foretel the flourishing estate of Hezekiah's kingdom in the latter part of his reign, yet surely looks as far beyond that as the prophecy in the foregoing chapter does beyond the destruction of the Edomites; both were typical,… Read the whole commentary →

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