Isaiah 35:1

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 35:1 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 48:11Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.
  2. Psalms 97:8Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.
  3. 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.
  4. Isaiah 27:6In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
  5. Isaiah 27:10For 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.
  6. Isaiah 29:17In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?
  7. Isaiah 32:15until 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Isaiah 41:18I 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.
  10. 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 melodious song.
  11. Isaiah 52:9Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
  12. Isaiah 55:12You 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.
  13. Isaiah 61:10I 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 herself with her jewels.
  14. Isaiah 66:10Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,
  15. 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.’
  16. Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
  17. Revelation 19:1After 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!

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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