Isaiah 35:1-2 NLT,NIV,ESV

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 35:1

1. solitary place—literally, "a dry place," without springs of water. A moral wilderness is meant. for them—namely, on account of the punishment inflicted according to the preceding prophecy on the enemy; probably the blessings set forth in this chapter are included in the causes for joy ( :-). rose—rather, "the meadow-saffron," an autumnal flower with bulbous roots; so Syriac translation. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 35:2

2. glory of Lebanon—its ornament, namely, its cedars ( :-). excellency of Carmel—namely, its beauty. Sharon—famed for its fertility. see . . . glory of the Lord . . . excellency— (Isaiah 40:5; Isaiah 40:9). While the wilderness which had neither "glory" nor "excellency" shall have both "given to it," the Lord shall have all the "glory" and "excellency" ascribed to Him, not to the transformed wilderness (Isaiah 40:9- :). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 35:1-2

References to the wilderness and desert tie this chapter to the preceding one. The wilderness that God so thoroughly judged, personified here, will eventually rejoice because it will blossom profusely. The beauty and glory that formerly marked Lebanon and Carmel, before the devastation of chapter 34, will mark these places again, but more so. Their transformation, at God’s hand, will enable them to appreciate the inherent value and majestic dignity of Israel’s sovereign Lord (cf. Romans... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 35:1-10

1. While Edom becomes a desert, for God’s people, on the other hand, the desert places burst into bloom, the fairest parts of Palestine sharing their fertile beauty with the waste places (Isaiah 35:2).7. Parched ground] RM ’mirage’: this which so often deceives travellers in the desert will become a real lake.Dragons] RV ’jackals.’8. An highway] by which the exiles may return through the desert. 9. Cp. Isaiah 51:11. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 35:1

XXXV.(1) The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them . . .—The desolation of the chief enemy of Israel is contrasted with the renewed beauty of Israel’s own inheritance. The two last words are better omitted. The three nouns express varying degrees of the absence of culture, the wild pasture-land, the bare moor, the sandy steppe.Shall . . . blossom as the rose.—Better, as the narcissus, but the primrose and the crocus (Colchicum autumnale) have also been suggested. The words... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 35:2

(2) The glory of Lebanon . . .—The three types of cultivated beauty are contrasted with the former three of desolation. See Note on Isaiah 33:9. And over this fair land of transcendent beauty, there will shine not the common light of day, but the glory of Jehovah. (Comp. Isaiah 30:26; Revelation 21:23.) read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 35:1-10

The Mirage and the Pool Isaiah 35:7 'The mirage shall become a pool.' The illusory shall become the substantial. The life of disappointments shall become a life of satisfaction. I. What some men have experienced in the sandy desert others have suffered in the common life. Humanity is mocked by a mirage more inviting and enticing than the semblance of the desert. There is the illusory in life, the mirage which allures with its promise of satisfying pools, and then mocks us with its leagues of... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 35:1-10

CHAPTER 35 Restoration Glory and the Kingdom 1. Creation blest and the glory of the Lord revealed (Isaiah 35:1-2 ) 2. The spiritual and material blessings of the kingdom (Isaiah 35:3-9 ) 3. The return of the ransomed of the Lord (Isaiah 35:10 ) What follows the great judgments of the day of Jehovah, when our Lord Jesus Christ is revealed from heaven in flaming fire, is now brought forward in this final chapter of the first great part of Isaiah’s vision. The unscriptural view, that the... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 35:1

35:1 The {a} wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.(a) He prophecies of the full restoration of the Church both of the Jews and Gentiles under Christ, which will be fully accomplished at the last day: although as yet it is compared to a desert and wilderness. read more