Isaiah 35:1

Holman Christian Standard Bible

The Ransomed Return to Zion

35 The wilderness and the dry land will be glad;
the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.^[a]^[b]^(A)

Footnotes

Isaiah 35:1 Or meadow saffron
Isaiah 35:1 Not the modern flower but a common wildflower in northern Israel

Isaiah 55:12-13

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹²You will indeed go out with joy
and be peacefully guided;
the mountains and the hills will break into singing before you,
and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.^(A)
¹³Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will come up,
and instead of the brier, a myrtle will come up;^(B)
it will make a name for Yahweh^(C)
as an everlasting sign that will not be destroyed.