Isaiah 55:12

You will live happily, taught the ways of peace. Mountains and hills will celebrate, singing beside you; and all the trees will clap their hands!

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In The King James Version

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

In Context

11In the same way the words I say don't come back to me unfulfilled, they accomplish what I want—they successfully achieve my purpose.

13Cypress trees will grow instead of thorn bushes; myrtle trees will grow instead of brambles. This is to confirm the Lord's reputation—an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.

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Cross References

Psalms 47:1Everyone, clap your hands! Shout with joy to the Lord!

Psalms 96:11Let the heavens sing for joy, let the earth be happy, let the sea and everything in it shout with praise!

Psalms 98:7Let the sea and everything in it shout with praise, together with the earth and everything living in it.

Psalms 148:4Praise him, highest heavens, and the waters above the heavens!

Isaiah 35:1The wilderness and dry land will celebrate; the desert will blossom like the crocus.

Isaiah 35:10Those the Lord has set free will return, singing as they enter Jerusalem, wearing crowns of everlasting joy. They are overcome with thankfulness and happiness; sorrow and sadness simply disappear.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 55:7-13

Evangelical Invitations. ( b. c. 706.) 6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord , and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord . 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10… Read the whole commentary →

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