Isaiah 35:1
Let the desert and dry region be happy; let the wilderness rejoice and bloom like a lily!
Isaiah 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 her, thanksgiving and the sound of music.
Isaiah 55:12-13
Indeed you will go out with joy; you will be led along in peace; the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you, and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.
Psalm 48:11
Mount Zion rejoices; the towns of Judah are happy, because of your acts of judgment.
Psalm 97:8
Zion hears and rejoices, the towns of Judah are happy, because of your judgments, O Lord.
Isaiah 4:2
At that time the crops given by the Lord will bring admiration and honor; the produce of the land will be a source of pride and delight to those who remain in Israel.
Isaiah 27:6
The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.
Isaiah 27:10
For the fortified city is left alone; it is a deserted settlement and abandoned like the desert. Calves graze there; they lie down there and eat its branches bare.
Isaiah 29:17
In just a very short time Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest.
Isaiah 32:15-16
This desolation will continue until new life is poured out on us from heaven. Then the desert will become an orchard and the orchard will be considered a forest.
Isaiah 40:3
A voice cries out, "In the wilderness clear a way for the Lord; construct in the desert a road for our God.
Isaiah 41:18-19
I will make streams flow down the slopes and produce springs in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water and the arid land into springs.
Isaiah 52:9-10
In unison give a joyful shout, O ruins of Jerusalem! For the Lord consoles his people; he protects Jerusalem.
Isaiah 61:10-11
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.
Isaiah 66:10-14
Be happy for Jerusalem and rejoice with her, all you who love her! Share in her great joy, all you who have mourned over her!
Ezekiel 36:35
They will say, "This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; the ruined, desolate, and destroyed cities are now fortified and inhabited."
Hosea 14:5-6
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of Lebanon.
Revelation 19:1-7
After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,