Isaiah 35:2 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 35:1-4

In these verses we have, I. The desert land blooming. In the foregoing chapter we had a populous and fruitful country turned into a horrid wilderness; here we have in lieu of that, a wilderness turned into a good land. When the land of Judah was freed from the Assyrian army, those parts of the country that had been made as a wilderness by the ravages and outrages they committed began to recover themselves, and to look pleasantly again, and to blossom as the rose. When the Gentile nations, that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 35:2

It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing ,.... A redundancy of words, to express the very flourishing estate of the church, and the great joy there shall be on that occasion, as well as because of the destruction of their enemies, and deliverance from them: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it ; a mountain in Judea, famous for its choice and tall cedars, which were the glory of it; signifying hereby, that the church of God, which had been in a desolate... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 35:2

Rejoice even with joy and singing "The well-watered plain of Jordan shall also rejoice" - For ורנן veranen , the Septuagint read ירדן yarden , τα ερηνα του Ιορδανου , "the deserts of Jordan." Four MSS. read גלת gulath ; see Joshua 15:19 ; : " Irrigua Jordani ;" Houbigant. גידת gidoth , Ripae Jordani , "the banks of Jordan;" Kennicott. See De S. Poesi Hebr. Praelect. 20 note. Unto it - For לה lah , to it, nine MSS. of Kennicott's and four of De Rossi's read לך... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:1-2

Changed circumstances following the return of Divine favor. This, which is expressed in the figures of these verses, may be further illustrated by the experience of David. His "bones waxed old through his roaring all the day long," while God hid his face from him. He sang again the old songs when God "restored unto him the joy of his salvation." "In contrast to the ruin of Edom, the prophet now describes Israel's triumphant march home through the blossoming wilderness" (Matthew Arnold). Two... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:1-7

Transformation by the truth. Accepting these words as Messianic in their scope, we may treat them as descriptive of that most blessed transformation which is effected, in the individual man and in the nation, by the gospel When the truth of Christ is made efficacious by the Spirit of God, and has had time to work out its true results, there will be found— I. ILLUMINATION OF THE UNDERSTANDING . " The eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:1-10

THE GLORY OF THE LAST TIMES . On the punishment of God's enemies will follow the peace, prosperity, and glory of his Church. Previously, the Church is in affliction, waste, and desolate. Its enemies once removed, destroyed, swept out of the way, it rises instantly in all its beauty to a condition which words are poor to paint. The highest resources of the poetic art are called in to give some idea of the glory and happiness of the final Church of the redeemed. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:1-10

The glory of the Church not temporal greatness, but spiritual perfection Amid the wealth of metaphor which Isaiah employs to depict the final prosperity, glory, and happiness of the Church, it is remarkable how little use is made of any images drawn from the conditions or circumstances of earthly grandeur. Images of natural beauty are principally employed—the shady forest, the spreading cedar tree, the rich luxuriance of arable and pasture land, the choice beauty of the most lovely among... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:1-10

Glories of the Messianic age. This is a picture of the happy and glorious condition of Israel after the return from Captivity. Nature is beheld rejoicing with man; and the whole scene is suffused with the light of a universal spiritual joy. I. THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD . The desert will rejoice "like the narcissus," the beautiful white flower found in abundance in spring-time in the Plain of Sharon. A ringing musical cry shall break out from those solitudes. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:2

It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing ; rather, with dancing and singing . Dancing and singing were the ordinary manifestations of religions joy ( Exodus 15:1 , Exodus 15:20 , Exodus 15:21 ; 11:34 ; 21:19-21 ; 2 Samuel 6:5 , 2 Samuel 6:14 , 2 Samuel 6:15 ; Psalms 30:11 , etc.), and would naturally follow the great deliverance of the Church from the power of its enemies. The clause is a touch of realism intruded into a prolonged metaphor or... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 35:2

It shall blossom abundantly - Hebrew, ‘Blossoming it shall blossom’ - a common mode of expression in Hebrew, denoting certainty, abundance, fullness - similar to the expression Genesis 2:17, ‘Dying thou shalt die,’ that is, thou shalt surely die. The sense here is, it shall blossom in abundance.And rejoice even with joy - Strong figurative language, denoting the greatness of the blessings; as great as if in the waste wilderness there should be heard the voice of joy and rejoicing. The... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 35:1-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 35:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 35:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 35:2

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