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212. One opened and said, “The desert and the dry land will rejoice; and the Arava [desert] will be glad and blossom like a sand-lily,” and flew into the firmament and was concealed. Another opened and said, “Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters: The wild beasts will honor me, jackals and ostriches.” He finished and flew into the firmament and was concealed. Then, great fear and dread fell upon them.

213. At daybreak, a voice awakened as in the beginning and said, “A nation as strong as a lion, as strong as leopards, give glory to your master, as it is written, ‘Therefore, a strong people will honor You.’” They heard the sound of armies and camps saying “To You Lord is the greatness and the strength, the glory and eternity and majesty.” Until “and lifted above any blessing and glory,” they wondered and left. In the meantime, the day arose. They turned back their heads and saw the whole desert covered with clouds of glory, shining and glittering in many colors.

214. Indeed, the Creator wants to be praised in the praises of the generation of the desert, for there was never in the world a generation as high as that generation, nor will there be until the coming of the Messiah king. Certainly, all that the Creator had shown us was only to notify us of their Master’s love for them, to notify us that they have a good portion, that they are members of the next world. In the future, when the Creator revives the dead, these generation of the desert will be revived first, as it is written, “Your dead shall live,” which are the generation of the desert.