Discovery BoxIsaiah 35:1 
ContextThe Land and Its People Are Transformed
35:1 Let the desert and dry region be happy; 1
let the wilderness 2 rejoice and bloom like a lily!
Isaiah 35:6
Context35:6 Then the lame will leap like a deer,
the mute tongue will shout for joy;
for water will flow 3 in the desert,
streams in the wilderness. 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 “burst forth” (so NAB); KJV “break out.”
4 tn Or “Arabah” (NASB); KJV, NIV, NRSV, NLT “desert.”
