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

The day you begin cultivating, you do what you can to make it grow; the morning you begin planting, you do what you can to make it sprout. Yet the harvest will disappear in the day of disease and incurable pain.

The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.

Let it richly bloom; let it rejoice and shout with delight! It is given the grandeur of Lebanon, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the grandeur of the Lord, the splendor of our God.

When you see this, you will be happy, and you will be revived. The Lord will reveal his power to his servants and his anger to his enemies.