Isaiah 51:3

3 For the LORD 1comforts Zion; he comforts all her waste places and makes her wilderness like 2Eden, her desert like 3the garden of the LORD; 4joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song.

Isaiah 51:3 In-Context

1 "Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug.
2 Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, that I might bless him and multiply him.
3 For the LORD comforts Zion; he comforts all her waste places and makes her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song.
4 "Give attention to me, my people, and give ear to me, my nation; for a law will go out from me, and I will set my justice for a light to the peoples.
5 My righteousness draws near, my salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples; the coastlands hope for me, and for my arm they wait.

Cross References 4

  • 1. Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 52:9
  • 2. Genesis 2:8; Ezekiel 28:13; Ezekiel 31:9; Joel 2:3
  • 3. Genesis 13:10
  • 4. Isaiah 35:10
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