Yesaya 14:7-8

14:7 The whole earth rests and is quiet;

they break into song.

14:8 The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, ¹ 

as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing, ² 

‘Since you fell asleep, ³ 

no woodsman comes up to chop us down!’ ⁴ 

Yesaya 35:1-2

The Land and Its People Are Transformed

35:1 Let the desert and dry region be happy; ⁵ 

let the wilderness ⁶  rejoice and bloom like a lily!

35:2 Let it richly bloom; ⁷ 

let it rejoice and shout with delight! ⁸ 

It is given the grandeur ⁹  of Lebanon,

the splendor of Carmel and Sharon.

They will see the grandeur of the Lord,

the splendor of our God.

Yesaya 35:6-7

35:6 Then the lame will leap like a deer,

the mute tongue will shout for joy;

for water will flow ¹⁰  in the desert,

streams in the wilderness. ¹¹ 

35:7 The dry soil will become a pool of water,

the parched ground springs of water.

Where jackals once lived and sprawled out,

grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow.

Yesaya 51:3

51:3 Certainly the Lord will console Zion;

he will console all her ruins.

He will make her wilderness like Eden,

her desert like the Garden of the Lord.

Happiness and joy will be restored to ¹²  her,

thanksgiving and the sound of music.

[14:8]  ¹ tn Heb “concerning you.”

[14:8]  ² tn The word “singing” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. Note that the personified trees speak in the second half of the verse.

[14:8]  ³ tn Heb “lay down” (in death); cf. NAB “laid to rest.”

[14:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the [wood]cutter does not come up against us.”

[35:1]  ⁵ tn The final mem (ם) on the verb יְשֻׂשׂוּם (yÿsusum) is dittographic (note the initial mem on the following noun מִדְבָּר [midbar]). The ambiguous verbal form is translated as a jussive because it is parallel to the jussive form תָגֵל (tagel). The jussive is used rhetorically here, not as a literal command or prayer.

[35:1]  ⁶ tn Or “Arabah” (NASB); NAB, NIV, TEV “desert.”

[35:2]  ⁷ tn The ambiguous verb form תִּפְרַח (tifrakh) is translated as a jussive because it is parallel to the jussive form תָגֵל (tagel).

[35:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “and let it rejoice, yes [with] rejoicing and shouting.” גִּילַת (gilat) may be an archaic feminine nominal form (see GKC 421 §130.b).

[35:2]  ⁹ tn Or “glory” (KJV, NIV, NRSV); also a second time later in this verse.

[35:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “burst forth” (so NAB); KJV “break out.”

[35:6]  ¹¹ tn Or “Arabah” (NASB); KJV, NIV, NRSV, NLT “desert.”

[51:3]  ¹² tn Heb “found in” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).