Isaiah 35:1

Let the desert and dry region be happy; ¹  let the wilderness ²  rejoice and bloom like a lily!

The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus,

The wilderness and the desert will be glad, And the Arabah will rejoice and blossom; Like the crocus

Even the wilderness will rejoice in those days. The desert will blossom with flowers.

Wilderness and desert will sing joyously, the badlands will celebrate and flower--Like the crocus in spring,

The waste land and the dry places will be glad; the lowland will have joy and be full of flowers.

The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocus

The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, And the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose;

Let the desert and dry region be happy; ¹  let the wilderness ²  rejoice and bloom like a lily!

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.”