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The Glory of Zion

Isaiah 35:1

In 11 translations

BSB
The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
KJV
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
WEB
The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
ASV
The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
LSV
They rejoice from the wilderness and dry place, || And the desert rejoices, || And flourishes as the rose,
YLT
They joy from the wilderness and dry place, And rejoice doth the desert, and flourish as the rose,
DBY
The wilderness and the dry land shall be gladdened; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
DRC
The land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness shall rejoice, and shall flourish like the lily.
GNV
The desert and the wildernes shall reioyce: and the waste ground shalbe glad and florish as the rose.
JPS
The wilderness and the parched land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
LXXE
Be glad, thou thirsty desert: let the wilderness exult, and flower as the lily.

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Original-language editions

WLC
יְשֻׂשׂ֥וּם מִדְבָּ֖ר וְצִיָּ֑ה וְתָגֵ֧ל עֲרָבָ֛ה וְתִפְרַ֖ח כַּחֲבַצָּֽלֶת׃BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
LXX-Br
Εὐφράνθητι ἔρημος διψῶσα, ἀγαλλιάσθω ἔρημος, καὶ ἀνθείτω ὡς κρίνον.

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  • Ezekiel 36:35Then 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 51:3For 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…
  • Isaiah 55:12–13You 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. Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will grow,…
  • Isaiah 52:9–10Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem. The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will…
  • Isaiah 27:6In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
  • Isaiah 4:2On 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.
  • Revelation 19:1–7After 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! For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute…
  • Isaiah 61:10–11I 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…
  • Isaiah 40:3A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
  • Isaiah 32:15–16until 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. Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile…
  • Psalms 48:11Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.
  • Isaiah 29:17In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?
  • Isaiah 41:18–19I 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. I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias,…
  • Isaiah 66:10–14Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her, so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight…
  • Psalms 97:8Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.
  • Hosea 14:5–6I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.

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