12 For you will go out with (A)joy
And be led in (B)peace;
The (C)mountains and the hills will break into shouts of joy before you,
And all the (D)trees of the field will clap their hands.
13 Instead of the (E)thorn bush, the (F)juniper will come up,
And instead of the (G)stinging nettle, the myrtle will come up;
And [a]it will be a [b](H)memorial to the Lord,
An everlasting (I)sign which (J)will not be eliminated.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 55:13 I.e., the transformation of the desert
  2. Isaiah 55:13 Lit name

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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