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Isaiah 35

Isa. 35:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The wilderness
midbar (Hebrew #4057)
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
KJV usage: desert, south, speech, wilderness.
Pronounce: mid-bawr'
Origin: from 1696 in the sense of driving
and the solitary place
tsiyah (Hebrew #6723)
aridity; concretely, a desert
KJV usage: barren, drought, dry (land, place), solitary place, wilderness.
Pronounce: tsee-yaw'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to parch
shall be glad
suws (Hebrew #7797)
a primitive root; to be bright, i.e. cheerful
KJV usage: be glad, X greatly, joy, make mirth, rejoice.
Pronounce: soos
Origin: or siys {sece}
for them; andd the desert
`arabah (Hebrew #6160)
a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea
KJV usage: Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also 1026.
Pronounce: ar-aw-baw'
Origin: from 6150 (in the sense of sterility)
shall rejoice
giyl (Hebrew #1523)
a primitive root; properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear
KJV usage: be glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice.
Pronounce: gheel
Origin: or (by permutation) guwl {gool}
, and blossom
parach (Hebrew #6524)
to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish
KJV usage: X abroad, X abundantly, blossom, break forth (out), bud, flourish, make fly, grow, spread, spring (up).
Pronounce: paw-rakh'
Origin: a primitive root
as the rose
chabatstseleth (Hebrew #2261)
probably meadow-saffron
KJV usage: rose.
Pronounce: khab-ats-tseh'-leth
Origin: of uncertain derivation
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Isa. 55:12‑13• 12For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
 13Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. (Isa. 55:12‑13)

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Desert,
Rose,
Wilderness

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-2:  The joyful flourishing of Christ's kingdom.
3-10:  The weak are encouraged by the virtues and privileges of the Gospel.
wilderness.
Isa. 29:17• 17Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? (Isa. 29:17)
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Isa. 32:15‑16• 15until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
 16And judgment shall inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness dwell in the fruitful field. (Isa. 32:15‑16)
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Isa. 40:3• 3The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight in the desert a highway for our God! (Isa. 40:3)
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Isa. 51:3• 3For Jehovah shall comfort Zion, he shall comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah: gladness and joy shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of song. (Isa. 51:3)
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Isa. 52:9‑10• 9Break forth, sing aloud together, waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah comforteth his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
 10Jehovah hath made bare his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. (Isa. 52:9‑10)
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Ezek. 36:35• 35And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited. (Ezek. 36:35)
be.
Psa. 48:11• 11Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. (Psa. 48:11)
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Psa. 97:8• 8Zion heard, and rejoiced; and the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy judgments, O Jehovah. (Psa. 97:8)
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Rev. 19:1‑7• 1After these things I heard as a loud voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, Hallelujah: the salvation and the glory and the power of our God:
 2for true and righteous are his judgments; for he has judged the great harlot which corrupted the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his bondmen at her hand.
 3And a second time they said, Hallelujah. And her smoke goes up to the ages of ages.
 4And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and did homage to God who sits upon the throne, saying, Amen, Hallelujah.
 5And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his bondmen, and ye that fear him, small and great.
 6And I heard as a voice of a great crowd, and as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of strong thunders, saying, Hallelujah, for the Lord our God the Almighty has taken to himself kingly power.
 7Let us rejoice and exult, and give him glory; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready. (Rev. 19:1‑7)
desert.
Isa. 4:2• 2In that day there shall be a sprout of Jehovah for beauty and glory, and the fruit of the earth for excellency and for ornament for those that are escaped of Israel. (Isa. 4:2)
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Isa. 27:6• 6In the future Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and bud, and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit. (Isa. 27:6)
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Isa. 55:12‑13• 12For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
 13Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. (Isa. 55:12‑13)
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Isa. 61:10‑11• 10I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with the priestly turban, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
 11For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as a garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. (Isa. 61:10‑11)
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Isa. 66:10‑14• 10Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all ye that love her; rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn over her:
 11because ye shall suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; because ye shall drink out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
 12For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing torrent; and ye shall suck, ye shall be carried upon the side, and be dandled upon the knees.
 13As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
 14And ye shall see this, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the grass; and the hand of Jehovah shall be known toward his servants, and he will have indignation toward his enemies. (Isa. 66:10‑14)
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Hos. 14:5‑6• 5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
 6His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. (Hos. 14:5‑6)
• The Divine intervention having taken place, the blessing for Israel and the land, predicted in chapter 35, will be brought to pass. The picture is a lovely one a delightful scene of earthly blessing. (“Isaiah 35” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "narcissus," as Cant. 2.1.