Isaiah 41:18-19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
18 I will open up rivers on the bare heights,
and fountains in the broad valleys;
I will turn the wilderness into a marshland,
and the dry ground into springs of water.
19 In the wilderness I will plant the cedar,
acacia, myrtle, and olive;
In the wasteland I will set the cypress,
together with the plane tree and the pine,
Isaiah 41:18-19
New International Version
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)
19 I will put in the desert(E)
the cedar and the acacia,(F) the myrtle and the olive.
I will set junipers(G) in the wasteland,
the fir and the cypress(H) together,(I)
Isaiah 55:12-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 Yes, in joy you shall go forth,
in peace you shall be brought home;
Mountains and hills shall break out in song before you,
all trees of the field shall clap their hands.
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.
Footnotes
- 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.”
Isaiah 55:12-13
New International Version
12 You will go out in joy(A)
and be led forth in peace;(B)
the mountains and hills
will burst into song(C) before you,
and all the trees(D) of the field
will clap their hands.(E)
13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
and instead of briers(F) the myrtle(G) will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,(H)
for an everlasting sign,
that will endure forever.”
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