Isaiah 29:19

And the meek shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

In Context

18And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see.

20For he that did prevail hath failed, the scorner is consumed, and they are all cut off that watched for iniquity:

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Cross References

Psalms 12:5Who have said: We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own; who is Lord over us?

Psalms 25:9He will guide the mild in judgment: he will teach the meek his ways.

Psalms 149:4dummy verses inserted by amos

Isaiah 14:30And the firstborn of the poor shall be fed, and the poor shall rest with confidence: and I will make thy root perish with famine, and I will kill thy remnant.

Isaiah 41:16Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, in the Holy One of Israel thou shalt be joyful.

Isaiah 61:1The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 29:18-24

Promises to Israel; Character of Persecutors; Promises of Jacob. ( b. c. 725.) 17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? 18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. 19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord , and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 20 For the terrible one is brought to… Read the whole commentary →

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