Holy Scripture
Isaiah 35:1
A church father on this verse
“This, too, was fulfilled, was clearly fulfilled, by our Savior's miraculous works after John's preaching. Notice therefore how he bears good tidings to the desert, not generally or to any desert but to one particular desert by the bank of the Jordan. This was because John lived there and baptized there, as Scripture s…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
1Be glad, thou thirsty desert: let the wilderness exult, and flower as the lily.
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— Isaiah 35:1 —
2And the desert places of Jordan shall blossom and rejoice; the glory of Lebanon has been given to it, and the honor of Carmel; and my people shall see the glory of the Lord, and the majesty of God.
3Be strong, ye relaxed hands and palsied knees.