Even the wilderness and desert will be glad in those days. The wasteland will rejoice and blossom with spring crocuses.

旷野和干旱之地必然欢喜；沙漠也必快乐；又像玫瑰开花，

旷野和干旱之地必然欢喜，沙漠也必快乐；又如玫瑰绽放，

旷野和干旱之地必然欢喜，沙漠也必快乐；又如玫瑰绽放，

沙漠和干旱之地必欢喜；旷野必快乐，开满鲜花，

旷野和干旱之地必欢喜；沙漠要快乐，又像番红花一般开花，

旷野和干旱之地必欢喜；荒漠必快乐，如番红花绽放，

曠野和乾旱之地必然歡喜；沙漠也必快樂；又像玫瑰開花，

曠野和乾旱之地必然歡喜，沙漠也必快樂；又如玫瑰綻放，

曠野和乾旱之地必然歡喜，沙漠也必快樂；又如玫瑰綻放，

沙漠和乾旱之地必歡喜；曠野必快樂，開滿鮮花，

曠野和乾旱之地必歡喜；沙漠要快樂，又像番紅花一般開花，

曠野和乾旱之地必高興；原野必快樂開花，像番紅花

曠野和乾旱之地必歡喜；荒漠必快樂，如番紅花綻放，

曠野旱地、必將歡樂、沙漠欣喜、若玫瑰之舒蕊、

曠野無水之區、將萌芽糵、若山慈菇、必有欣喜謳歌之聲、斯土所產、向榮競茂、較諸利巴嫩、加密、沙崙、尤為繁庶、我之上帝耶和華、榮光普照、有威可畏、人共觀瞻焉、

曠野與無水之地將欣喜、荒墟之區將歡樂、發榮如玫瑰花、玫瑰花或作百合花

The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus,

The desert and the dry ground will be glad. The dry places will be full of joy. Flowers will grow there. Like the first crocus in the spring,

The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;

The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a wildflower.

The wilderness and the desert will rejoice, And the desert will shout for joy and blossom; Like the crocus

The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, And the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose;

The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

Let the desert and dry region be happy; let the wilderness rejoice and bloom like a lily!

The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.

The Lord will comfort Israel again and have pity on her ruins. Her desert will blossom like Eden, her barren wilderness like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found there. Songs of thanksgiving will fill the air.

You will live in joy and peace. The mountains and hills will burst into song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands!Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow. Where nettles grew, myrtles will sprout up. These events will bring great honor to the Lord’s name; they will be an everlasting sign of his power and love.”

And when I bring you back, people will say,‘ This former wasteland is now like the Garden of Eden! The abandoned and ruined cities now have strong walls and are filled with people!’

I am overwhelmed with joy in the Lord my God! For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. I am like a bridegroom dressed for his wedding or a bride with her jewels.The Sovereign Lord will show his justice to the nations of the world. Everyone will praise him! His righteousness will be like a garden in early spring, with plants springing up everywhere.

until at last the Spirit is poured out on us from heaven. Then the wilderness will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.Justice will rule in the wilderness and righteousness in the fertile field.

“ Rejoice with Jerusalem! Be glad with her, all you who love her and all you who mourn for her.Drink deeply of her glory even as an infant drinks at its mother’s comforting breasts.”This is what the Lord says:“ I will give Jerusalem a river of peace and prosperity. The wealth of the nations will flow to her. Her children will be nursed at her breasts, carried in her arms, and held on her lap.I will comfort you there in Jerusalem as a mother comforts her child.”When you see these things, your heart will rejoice. You will flourish like the grass! Everyone will see the Lord’s hand of blessing on his servants— and his anger against his enemies.

Let the ruins of Jerusalem break into joyful song, for the Lord has comforted his people. He has redeemed Jerusalem.The Lord has demonstrated his holy power before the eyes of all the nations. All the ends of the earth will see the victory of our God.

The time is coming when Jacob’s descendants will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole earth with fruit!

I will open up rivers for them on the high plateaus. I will give them fountains of water in the valleys. I will fill the desert with pools of water. Rivers fed by springs will flow across the parched ground.I will plant trees in the barren desert— cedar, acacia, myrtle, olive, cypress, fir, and pine.

After this, I heard what sounded like a vast crowd in heaven shouting,“ Praise the Lord! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God.His judgments are true and just. He has punished the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the murder of his servants.”And again their voices rang out:“ Praise the Lord! The smoke from that city ascends forever and ever!”Then the twenty four elders and the four living beings fell down and worshiped God, who was sitting on the throne. They cried out,“ Amen! Praise the Lord!”And from the throne came a voice that said,“ Praise our God, all his servants, all who fear him, from the least to the greatest.”Then I heard again what sounded like the shout of a vast crowd or the roar of mighty ocean waves or the crash of loud thunder:“ Praise the Lord! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.Let us be glad and rejoice, and let us give honor to him. For the time has come for the wedding feast of the Lamb, and his bride has prepared herself.

Listen! It’s the voice of someone shouting,“ Clear the way through the wilderness for the Lord! Make a straight highway through the wasteland for our God!

Soon— and it will not be very long— the forests of Lebanon will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.

Let the people on Mount Zion rejoice. Let all the towns of Judah be glad because of your justice.

Jerusalem has heard and rejoiced, and all the towns of Judah are glad because of your justice, O Lord!

But in that day, the branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious; the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of all who survive in Israel.

The fortified towns will be silent and empty, the houses abandoned, the streets overgrown with weeds. Calves will graze there, chewing on twigs and branches.

I will be to Israel like a refreshing dew from heaven. Israel will blossom like the lily; it will send roots deep into the soil like the cedars in Lebanon.Its branches will spread out like beautiful olive trees, as fragrant as the cedars of Lebanon.