Isaiah 55:13

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¹¹ so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.

¹² You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will spring up; they will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will spring up; they will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”
KJV: Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
WEB: Instead of the thorn the cypress tree will come up; and instead of the brier the myrtle tree will come up. It will make a name for the LORD, for an everlasting sign that will not be cut off.”
ASV: Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
DARBY: Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign [that] shall not be cut off.
BLB: In place of the thornbush the cypress, will come up, and in place of the nettles the myrtle tree will come up; and it will be for YHWH as a name, as a sign forever [that] will not be cut off.”

ÅB: I stedet for tornebusker skal det vokse opp cypresser, i stedet for tistler skal det vokse opp myrter, og det skal være til et navn for Herren, til et evig tegn, som ikke skal bli utslettet.
[^1]: 2 Sam 7:12 fg. 1. Kong 8:25. Slm 89:4 fg. 50. Apgj 2:30; 13:34.
[^2]: I Messias. Åp 1:5; 3:14. Sal 2:8; 72:8 fg.
OTB: I stedet for tornebusken vil det vokse en einer, og i stedet for klunger vil myrten vokse. Dette vil være et minne for Herren, et evig tegn som ikke skal bli avskåret.»
B1930: I stedet for tornebusker skal det vokse op cypresser, i stedet for tistler skal det vokse op myrter, og det skal være til et navn for Herren, til et evig tegn, som ikke skal bli utslettet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ephesians 3:20–21
Now to Him who is able to do so much more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
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1 Peter 2:9–10
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
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Isaiah 41:19
I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,
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Isaiah 61:3
to console the mourners in Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
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Jeremiah 33:9
So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it.
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2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
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Isaiah 60:13
The glory of Lebanon will come to you— its cypress, elm, and boxwood together— to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of My feet.
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1 Peter 4:11
If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
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