Isa 51:3 | HCSB | STEP | For the Lord will comfort Zion ; He will comfort all her waste places , and He will make her wilderness like Eden , and her desert like the garden of the Lord . Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song .

Isaiah 51:3

3 For the Lord will comfort ^{▼▼Zion: Originally a term for the fortified section of Jerusalem and then, by extension, used for the temple and the city of Jerusalem both in the present time and in the future}Zion; ^b
He will comfort all her waste places,
and He will make her wilderness like Eden, ^c
and her desert like the garden of the Lord. ^d
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and melodious song.