Bible Cross References
wilderness
Isaiah 29:17
As the saying goes, before long the dense forest will become farmland, and the farmland will go back to forest.
Isaiah 32:15
But once more God will send us his spirit. The wasteland will become fertile, and fields will produce rich crops.
Isaiah 32:16
Everywhere in the land righteousness and justice will be done.
Isaiah 40:3
A voice cries out, "Prepare in the wilderness a road for the LORD! Clear the way in the desert for our God!
Isaiah 51:3
"I will show compassion to Jerusalem, to all who live in her ruins. Though her land is a desert, I will make it a garden, like the garden I planted in Eden. Joy and gladness will be there, and songs of praise and thanks to me.
Isaiah 52:9
Break into shouts of joy, you ruins of Jerusalem! The LORD will rescue his city and comfort his people.
Isaiah 52:10
The LORD will use his holy power; he will save his people, and all the world will see it.
Ezekiel 36:35
Everyone will talk about how this land, which was once a wilderness, has become like the Garden of Eden, and how the cities which were torn down, looted, and left in ruins, are now inhabited and fortified.
be
Psalm 48:11
let the people of Zion be glad! You give right judgments; let there be joy in the cities of Judah!
Psalm 97:8
The people of Zion are glad, and the cities of Judah rejoice because of your judgments, O LORD.
Revelation 19:1-7
1
After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a large crowd of people in heaven, saying, "Praise God! Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God!
2
True and just are his judgments! He has condemned the prostitute who was corrupting the earth with her immorality. God has punished her because she killed his servants."
3
Again they shouted, "Praise God! The smoke from the flames that consume the great city goes up forever and ever!"
4
The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. They said, "Amen! Praise God!"
5
Then there came from the throne the sound of a voice, saying, "Praise our God, all his servants and all people, both great and small, who have reverence for him!"
6
Then I heard what sounded like a crowd, like the sound of a roaring waterfall, like loud peals of thunder. I heard them say, "Praise God! For the Lord, our Almighty God, is King!
7
Let us rejoice and be glad; let us praise his greatness! For the time has come for the wedding of the Lamb, and his bride has prepared herself for it.
desert
Isaiah 4:2
The time is coming when the LORD will make every plant and tree in the land grow large and beautiful. All the people of Israel who survive will take delight and pride in the crops that the land produces.
Isaiah 27:6
In the days to come the people of Israel, the descendants of Jacob, will take root like a tree, and they will blossom and bud. The earth will be covered with the fruit they produce.
Isaiah 55:12
"You will leave Babylon with joy; you will be led out of the city in peace. The mountains and hills will burst into singing, and the trees will shout for joy.
Isaiah 55:13
Cypress trees will grow where now there are briers; myrtle trees will come up in place of thorns. This will be a sign that will last forever, a reminder of what I, the LORD, have done."
Isaiah 61:10
Jerusalem rejoices because of what the LORD has done. She is like a bride dressed for her wedding. God has clothed her with salvation and victory.
Isaiah 61:11
As surely as seeds sprout and grow, The Sovereign LORD will save his people, And all the nations will praise him.
Isaiah 66:10-14
10
Rejoice with Jerusalem; be glad for her, all you that love this city! Rejoice with her now, all you that have mourned for her!
11
You will enjoy her prosperity, like a child at its mother's breast.
12
The LORD says, "I will bring you lasting prosperity; the wealth of the nations will flow to you like a river that never goes dry. You will be like a child that is nursed by its mother, carried in her arms, and treated with love.
13
I will comfort you in Jerusalem, as a mother comforts her child.
14
When you see this happen, you will be glad; it will make you strong and healthy. Then you will know that I, the LORD, help those who obey me, and I show my anger against my enemies."
Hosea 14:5
I will be to the people of Israel like rain in a dry land. They will blossom like flowers; they will be firmly rooted like the trees of Lebanon.
Hosea 14:6
They will be alive with new growth, and beautiful like olive trees. They will be fragrant like the cedars of Lebanon.