Isaiah 35:1 (WEB)
The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
Fathers and councils · 4
Eusebius of Caesarea
“‘Rejoice, thirsty desert, let the desert rejoice and blossom as the lily, and the desert places shall blossom and be glad.’” — editor's note: Isa. xxxv. 1.
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Justin Martyr
“Then the lame shall leap as an hart, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be distinct: for water has broken forth in the wilderness, and a valley in the thirsty land; and the parched ground shall become pools, and a spring of water shall [rise up] in the thirsty land.’” — editor's note: Isa. xxxv. 1–7.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“And where shall we place that oracle of Isaiah, which cries to the wilderness, “Be glad, O thirsty wilderness: let the desert rejoice and blossom as a lily: and the desolate places of Jordan shall blossom and shall rejoice”?” — editor's note: Is. xxxv. 1, 2 (LXX.).
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Tertullian
““Let the wilderness and the solitary place, therefore, be glad and rejoice;” so had Isaiah promised.” — editor's note: Isa. xxxv. 1.
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 69.