32:16 Justice will settle down in the desert
and fairness will live in the orchard. 1
63:13 who led them through the deep water?
Like a horse running on flat land 2 they did not stumble.
40:3 A voice cries out,
“In the wilderness clear a way for the Lord;
construct in the desert a road for our God.
35:6 Then the lame will leap like a deer,
the mute tongue will shout for joy;
for water will flow 3 in the desert,
streams in the wilderness. 4
41:19 I will make cedars, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees grow in the wilderness;
I will make evergreens, firs, and cypresses grow together in the desert.
43:19 “Look, I am about to do something new.
Now it begins to happen! 5 Do you not recognize 6 it?
Yes, I will make a road in the desert
and paths 7 in the wilderness.
43:20 The wild animals of the desert honor me,
the jackals and ostriches,
because I put water in the desert
and streams in the wilderness,
to quench the thirst of my chosen people,
1 sn This new era of divine blessing will also include a moral/ethical transformation, as justice and fairness fill the land and replace the social injustice so prevalent in Isaiah’s time.
2 tn Heb “in the desert [or “steppe”].”
3 tn Heb “burst forth” (so NAB); KJV “break out.”
4 tn Or “Arabah” (NASB); KJV, NIV, NRSV, NLT “desert.”
4 tn Heb “sprouts up”; NASB “will spring forth.”
5 tn Or “know” (KJV, ASV); NASB “be aware of”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “perceive.”
6 tn The Hebrew texts has “streams,” probably under the influence of v. 20. The Qumran scroll 1QIsaa has נתיבות (“paths”).