Zion’s Happy Future

35 The (A)wilderness and the desert will rejoice,
And the [a](B)desert will shout for joy and blossom;
Like the crocus

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 35:1 Or Arabah

Joy of the Redeemed

35 The desert(A) and the parched land will be glad;
    the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.(B)
Like the crocus,(C)

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18 I will open (A)rivers on the bare heights,
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make (B)the wilderness a pool of water,
And the dry land fountains of water.

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18 I will make rivers flow(A) on barren heights,
    and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert(B) into pools of water,(C)
    and the parched ground into springs.(D)

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19 Behold, I am going to do something (A)new,
Now it will spring up;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even (B)make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.

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19 See, I am doing a new thing!(A)
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness(B)
    and streams in the wasteland.(C)

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10 They will (A)not hunger or thirst,
Nor will the scorching (B)heat or sun strike them down;
For (C)He who has compassion on them will (D)lead them,
And He will guide them to (E)springs of water.

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10 They will neither hunger nor thirst,(A)
    nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them.(B)
He who has compassion(C) on them will guide(D) them
    and lead them beside springs(E) of water.

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Indeed, (A)the Lord will comfort Zion;
He will comfort all her (B)ruins.
And He will make her (C)wilderness like (D)Eden,
And her desert like the (E)garden of the Lord.
(F)Joy and gladness will be found in her,
Thanksgiving and the sound of a melody.

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The Lord will surely comfort(A) Zion(B)
    and will look with compassion on all her ruins;(C)
he will make her deserts like Eden,(D)
    her wastelands(E) like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness(F) will be found in her,
    thanksgiving(G) and the sound of singing.

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38 The one who believes in Me, (A)as the Scripture said, ‘[a]From his innermost being will flow rivers of (B)living water.’”

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:38 Lit Out of his belly

38 Whoever believes(A) in me, as Scripture has said,(B) rivers of living water(C) will flow from within them.”[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:38 Or me. And let anyone drink 38 who believes in me.” As Scripture has said, “Out of him (or them) will flow rivers of living water.”