2 Ne 8:3 he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord

We can expect that the redemption of Zion to include a complete change in the landscape—the land will be made like the Garden of Eden. But the Lord has made it clear that the blessings he plans to pour out upon the saints will occur wherever they go. While in Kirtland, the Lord said, Therefore, will I not make solitary places to bud and to blossom, and to bring forth in abundance? Saith the Lord. Is there not room enough on the mountains of Adam-ondi-Ahman? (DC 117:7-8). Elder LeGrand Richards has explained that the desert of the Great Basin in which the early pioneers settled blossomed as a rose in fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy (see A Marvelous Work and a Wonder, pp. 233-4). Isaiah said, The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose (Isa 35:1). The Lord will comfort the saints and make the wilderness beautiful wherever the pure in heart go.

Rudger Clawson

“’For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.’

"This vast congregation are living witnesses of the literal fulfillment of these words of the prophet. Was not this land a veritable wilderness in the year 1847? Has it not been transformed into a garden like Eden? This land has become choice above all other lands. We want no better. And I am inclined to think that the Lord can lead us to no better land than we have at the present time, unless a special blessing is conferred upon the land beyond what we have received. And in this conference we have seen the joy of the people; we have witnessed their gladness. We have heard the voice of thanksgiving from this stand, from the lips of the Elders of Israel. Here in this choir we have heard the voice of melody. Isaiah must have had his eye upon these occasions; and in the great visions that were given to him he must have witnessed the gatherings of the people of the Lord. Oh, how our hearts have been made to rejoice upon this occasion!” (Conference Report, April 1905, Second Day—Morning Session. 97.)