Isaiah 35:1 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 35:1

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

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Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Chapter 35, verses 1, 2) The desolate and impassable will rejoice, and solitude will exult and flourish like a lily. It will sprout and blossom; with joy and praise it will exult. The glory of Lebanon has been given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the Lord and the splendor of our God. LXX: Rejoice, O desert, thirsting, and let the solitude exult and flourish like a lily. The deserts of the Jordan will blossom and exult; the glory of Lebanon has been given to it, and the honor of Carmel.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The wilderness and the solitary place - This is evidently figurative language, such as is often employed by the prophets. The word rendered ‘solitary place’ (ציה tsı̂yâh), denotes properly a dry place, a place without springs and streams of water; and as such places produce no verdure, and nothing to sustain life, the word comes to mean a desert. Such expressions are often used in the Scriptures to express moral or spiritual desolation; and in this sense evidently the phrase is used here.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

A moral wilderness is meant. for them--namely, on account of the punishment inflicted according to the preceding prophecy on the enemy; probably the blessings set forth in this chapter are included in the causes for joy (Isa 55:12). rose--rather, "the meadow-saffron," an autumnal flower with bulbous roots; so Syriac translation.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יְשֻׂשׂ֥וּם	ye.su.Sum	they will rejoice !	H7797 →
מִדְבָּ֖ר	mid.Bar	[the] wilderness	H4057 →
וְצִיָּ֑ה	ve.tzi.Yah	and [the] dry region	H6723 →
וְתָגֵ֧ל	ve.ta.Gel	and let it be glad	H1523 →
עֲרָבָ֛ה	'a.ra.Vah	[the] desert plain	H6160 →
וְתִפְרַ֖ח	ve.tif.Rach	so it may bud	H6524 →
כַּחֲבַצָּֽלֶת׃	ka.cha.va.Tza.let	like a crocus	H2261 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Isaiah 51:3
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…
leads to
- Joel 2:3
  Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland—surely nothing will escape them.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 49:13
  Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
- Isaiah 52:9
  Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 31:12–14
  They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and…
Through
Isaiah 27:6
In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
leads to
- Isaiah 37:31
  And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
- Hosea 14:5–6
  I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
- Romans 11:16–26
  If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
Through
Ezekiel 36:35
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.’
leads to
- Isaiah 51:3
  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…

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