Isaiah 41:19

In the wilderness I will set the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the olive tree. 1 I will set the cypress in the desert plain, with the pines and the cypress box trees. 1

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I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:

In Context

18I will make streams to flow down the slopes, and springs in the middle of the valleys; 1 I will make the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into springs of water. 1

20I will do this so that the people may see, recognize, and understand together, 1 that the hand of Yahweh has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 27:6In the coming day, Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and bud; 1 and they will fill the surface of the ground with fruit.” 1

Isaiah 35:1The wilderness and the Arabah will be glad; and the desert will rejoice and blossom. 1 Like the rose, 1

Isaiah 51:3Yes, Yahweh will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places; 1 her wilderness he made like Eden, and her desert plains beside the Jordan River valley like the garden of Yahweh; 1 joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving, and the sound of singing. 1

Isaiah 60:13The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the cypress tree, the fir, and the cypress box tree together, 1 to beautify my sanctuary; and I will glorify the place of my feet. 1

Isaiah 61:3He has sent me—to give to those who mourn in Zion—to give them a turban instead of ashes, 1 oil of joy instead of mourning, a mantle of praise in place of a spirit of dullness, 1 to call them oaks of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified. 1

Ezekiel 17:22The Lord Yahweh says this, 'So I myself will take away the highest part of the cedar tree, and I will plant it away from its tender branches. I will break it off, and I myself will plant it on a high mountain.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 41:11-21

Israel Encouraged. ( b. c. 708.) 10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. 12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a… Read the whole commentary →

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