Isaiah 55:13

The Compassion of the Lord

¹³ _x Instead of _y the thorn shall come up the cypress tree,
And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree;
And it shall be to the LORD _z for a name,
For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off."

1. Cross References
   Isaiah 41:19
   I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the acacia tree, The myrtle and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the cypress tree and the pine And the box tree together.
   
2. Cross References
   Micah 7:4
   The best of them is like a brier; The most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge; The day of your watchman and your punishment comes; Now shall be their perplexity.
   
3. Cross References
   Jeremiah 13:11
   'For as the sash clings to the waist of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to Me,' says the LORD, 'that they may become My people, for renown, for praise, and for glory; but they would not hear.'