Isaiah 42:11

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Summary

Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

Let the wilderness

Let the inhabitants

General references

Bible References

Let the wilderness

Justice will settle down in the desert and fairness will live in the orchard.

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

A voice cries out, "In the wilderness clear a way for the Lord; construct in the desert a road for our God.

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.

"Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the desert and paths in the wilderness.

May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth!

Let the inhabitants

Listen, you who sit enthroned above the valley on a rocky plateau. I am opposed to you,' says the Lord. 'You boast, "No one can swoop down on us. No one can penetrate into our places of refuge."

Leave your towns, you inhabitants of Moab. Go and live in the cliffs. Be like a dove that makes its nest high on the sides of a ravine.

The terror you inspire in others and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you. You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks; you may occupy the highest places in the hills. But even if you made your home where the eagles nest, I would bring you down from there," says the Lord.

Your presumptuous heart has deceived you -- you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs, whose home is high in the mountains. You think to yourself, 'No one can bring me down to the ground!'

General references

All the earth worships you and sings praises to you! They sing praises to your name!" (Selah)

Let the fields and everything in them celebrate! Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy

Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth! Break out in a joyful shout and sing!

From east to west the Lord's name is deserving of praise.

They lift their voices and shout joyfully; they praise the majesty of the Lord in the west.

But be happy and rejoice forevermore over what I am about to create! For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem to be a source of joy, and her people to be a source of happiness.

that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples:

So there was great joy in that city.

And again it says: "Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people."