Isaiah 35:1 “The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice…”

Isaiah 35:1

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

Geneva Bible 1599

The desert and the wildernes shall reioyce: and the waste ground shalbe glad and florish as the rose.

Darby Translation

The wilderness and the dry land shall be gladdened; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

Young's Literal Translation

They joy from the wilderness and dry place, And rejoice doth the desert, and flourish as the rose,

Bible in Basic English

The waste land and the dry places will be glad; the lowland will have joy and be full of flowers.

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Cross references

“wilderness”

Isaiah 51:3 Ezekiel 36:35 Isaiah 29:17 Isaiah 40:3 Isaiah 32:15 Isaiah 32:16

Isaiah 51:3 · BSB

For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and mel…

Ezekiel 36:35 · BSB

Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’

Isaiah 29:17 · BSB

In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?

Isaiah 40:3 · BSB

A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

Isaiah 32:15 · BSB

until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.

Isaiah 32:16 · BSB

Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

“be”

Revelation 19:1–7 Psalm 48:11 Psalm 97:8

Revelation 19:1–7 · BSB

After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!

Psalm 48:11 · BSB

Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.

Psalm 97:8 · BSB

Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.

“desert”

Isaiah 27:6 Isaiah 4:2 Isaiah 66:10–14 Isaiah 55:12 Isaiah 55:13 Isaiah 61:10

Isaiah 27:6 · BSB

In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.

Isaiah 4:2 · BSB

On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.

Isaiah 66:10–14 · BSB

Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,

Isaiah 55:12 · BSB

You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

Isaiah 55:13 · BSB

Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”

Isaiah 61:10 · BSB

I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns…

Also

Isaiah 41:18–19 Isaiah 27:10

Isaiah 41:18–19 · BSB

I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

Isaiah 27:10 · BSB

For the fortified city lies deserted— a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

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