Isaiah 55:13

Translations

Modern

Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”

Traditional

Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

Literal

In place of the thornbush the cypress, will come up, and in place of the nettles the myrtle tree will come up; and it will be for YHWH as a name, as a sign forever that will not be cut off.”

Latin

Pro saliunca ascendet abies, et pro urtica crescet myrtus; et erit Dominus nominatus in signum æternum quod non auferetur.

Original

Hebrew

English

Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”

Notes

Isaiah 55:13

Redemption is like the transformation from desert to forest (see also Isaiah 35:1; 41:19; 60:13).
this will make a name for the LORD: God's glory will become increasingly visible to people as his redemption takes effect.

Isaiah 55:12–13

The prophet tells the people not to focus on the past. He urges them to leave Babylon and return home.

He also calls them to see things from the viewpoint of the coming age (the new time of salvation that God is about to bring).

Isaiah 55:1–13

This final chapter of the prophecies of comfort (Isaiah 40–55) summarizes the section’s main themes:

Blessing
Covenant
Witness
Word
Nations
Glory
Forgiveness
Joy

Isaiah 54:1–55:13

This is an invitation to participate in the restoration to God’s favor made possible through the ministry of the promised servant.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Inscrutable Purposes in History God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Ephesians 3:20–21
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
1 Peter 2:9–10
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Isaiah 41:19
I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,
Isaiah 61:3
…to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
Jeremiah 33:9
So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it.
Isaiah 60:13
The glory of Lebanon will come to you—its cypress, elm, and boxwood together—to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of My feet.
Jeremiah 50:5
They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
Romans 6:19
I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
1 Peter 4:11
If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
1 Corinthians 6:9–11
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
Luke 2:14
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”

Glossary

Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature Pine Tree Thistle, Thorn

Topics

Brier: Figurative Church: Prophecies Concerning Prosperity of Jesus, the Christ: Unclassified Prophecies Concerning the Kingdom of Myrtle: General Scriptures Concerning Righteousness: Fruits of The Wicked are Compared to Briars and Thorns Trees: Myrtle Wicked (People): Compared With: Briers Add Thorns

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