People will say, "The righteous are indeed rewarded; there is indeed a God who judges the world."

They will all be afraid; they will think about what God has done and tell about his deeds.

How we laughed, how we sang for joy! Then the other nations said about us, "The LORD did great things for them."

Jerusalem will be a source of joy, honor, and pride to me; and every nation in the world will fear and tremble when they hear about the good things that I do for the people of Jerusalem and about the prosperity that I bring to the city."

When I open the graves where my people are buried and bring them out, they will know that I am the LORD.

Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the East, and there he put the man he had formed.

He made all kinds of beautiful trees grow there and produce good fruit. In the middle of the garden stood the tree that gives life and the tree that gives knowledge of what is good and what is bad.

Lot looked around and saw that the whole Jordan Valley, all the way to Zoar, had plenty of water, like the Garden of the LORD or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.)

"I will show compassion to Jerusalem, to all who live in her ruins. Though her land is a desert, I will make it a garden, like the garden I planted in Eden. Joy and gladness will be there, and songs of praise and thanks to me.

Like fire they eat up the plants. In front of them the land is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them it is a barren desert. Nothing escapes them.