Isaiah 51:3

Yes, 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

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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 at Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who bore you; for when he was a lone individual, 1 I called him. I blessed him and made him many. 1

4“Be attentive to me, my people; and listen to me, my people! 1 For I will issue a decree, and I will make my justice to be a light for the nations. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 13:10So Lot looked around, and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered everywhere all the way to Zoar, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt. This was before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

Psalms 102:13You will rise up and have mercy on Zion. 1 Now is the time to have mercy upon her; 1 the appointed time has come. 1

Isaiah 12:1On that day you will say, 1 “I will give thanks to you, Yahweh. For though you were angry with me, your wrath has turned away, and you have comforted me. 1

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

Isaiah 40:1“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. 1

Isaiah 41:19In 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

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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