35:1 Let the desert and dry region be happy; 1
let the wilderness 2 rejoice and bloom like a lily!
42:12 Let them give the Lord the honor he deserves; 3
let them praise his deeds in the coastlands. 4
1 tn The final mem (ם) on the verb יְשֻׂשׂוּם (yÿsusum) is dittographic (note the initial mem on the following noun מִדְבָּר [midbar]). The ambiguous verbal form is translated as a jussive because it is parallel to the jussive form תָגֵל (tagel). The jussive is used rhetorically here, not as a literal command or prayer.
2 tn Or “Arabah” (NASB); NAB, NIV, TEV “desert.”
3 tn Heb “Let them ascribe to the Lord glory.”
4 tn Heb “and his praise in the coastlands [or “islands”] let them declare.”