Isa 35:1-2, 42:1, 6, 49:6, 52:10, 60:3, 62:2, Jer 16:19, Hos 2:23 | ESV | STEP | The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad ; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus ;

Isaiah 35:1-2

The Ransomed Shall Return

1 ^aThe wilderness and the dry land shall be glad;
^bthe desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;
2 it shall blossom abundantly
and rejoice with joy and singing.
^cThe glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
the majesty of ^dCarmel and ^eSharon.
^fThey shall see the glory of the Lord,
the majesty of our God.

Isaiah 42:1

The Lord’s Chosen Servant

1 ^gBehold ^hmy servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, ⁱin whom my soul delights;
^jI have put my Spirit upon him;
^khe will bring forth justice to the nations.

Isaiah 42:6

6 “I am the Lord; ^lI have called you ^{▼▼The Hebrew for you is singular; four times in this verse} in righteousness;
I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you ⁿas a covenant for the people,
^oa light for the nations,

Isaiah 49:6

6 he says:
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
^pI will make you ^qas a light for the nations,
that ^rmy salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Isaiah 52:10

10 ^sThe Lord has bared his holy arm
before the eyes of all the nations,
^tand all the ends of the earth shall see
the salvation of our God.

Isaiah 60:3

3 ^uAnd nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising.

Isaiah 62:2

2 ^vThe nations shall see your righteousness,
and all the kings your glory,
^wand you shall be called by a new name
that the mouth of the Lord will give.

Jeremiah 16:19

19 ^xO Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
^ymy refuge in the day of trouble,
^zto you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
^aaworthless things in which there is no profit.

Hosea 2:23

23 and ^abI will sow her for myself in the land.
And ^acI ^adwill have mercy on No Mercy, ^{▼▼Hebrew Lo-ruhama}
and ^afI will say to Not My People, ^{▼▼Hebrew Lo-ammi} ^ah‘You are my people’;
and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’”