Then they will say, 'This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.' Cross References Isaiah 51:3 For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; 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. Ezekiel 28:13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation. Ezekiel 31:9 I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.' Ezekiel 36:34 The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through. Joel 2:3 Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland--surely nothing will escape them. Treasury of Scripture And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. they shall Psalm 58:11 Psalm 64:9 Psalm 126:2 like the Ezekiel 37:13 Genesis 2:8,9 Genesis 13:10 |