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13 松树要长起来代替荆棘,

番石榴要长起来代替蒺藜。

这要为耶和华留名,

作永远不能废掉的记号。”

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13 In place of the thornbush, the cypress shall grow,
    instead of nettles,[a] the myrtle.
This shall be to the Lord’s renown,
    as an everlasting sign that shall not fail.

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Footnotes

  1. 55:13 Thornbush…nettles: suggestive of the desert and therefore symbolic of suffering and hardship; cypress…myrtle: suggestive of fertile land and therefore symbolic of joy and strength. To the Lord’s renown: lit., “to the name of the Lord.”