JOY Isaiah 35:1-2 Part 3 of 3

The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.  

The glory of Lebanon will be given to it 
Ezra 3:7  Then they gave money to the masons and carpenters, and gave food and drink and olive oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar logs by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.
Isaiah 33:9  The land dries up and wastes away, Lebanon is ashamed and withers; Sharon is like the Arabah, and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.

the splendor of Carmel 
Song of Songs 7:5  Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. Your hair is like royal tapestry; the king is held captive by its tresses.

and Sharon 
1 Chronicles 27:29  Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the herds grazing in Sharon. Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys.
Isaiah 65:10  "Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for my people who seek me."

they will see the glory of the LORD 
Exodus 16:6-7 So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, "In the evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of Egypt, and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we, that you should grumble against us?"
Isaiah 4:5  Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything the glory will be a canopy. It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.
Isaiah 59:19  From the west, people will fear the name of the LORD, from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory. For he will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the LORD drives along.

the splendor of our God 
Isaiah 25:9  In that day they will say, "Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation."

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