Isaiah 29:19
and the poor shall rejoice with joy because of the Lord, and they that had no hope among men shall be filled with joy.
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Psalms 12:5But I have hoped in thy mercy; 1 My heart shall exult in thy salvation. 1
Psalms 25:9Destroy not my soul together with the ungodly, 1 Nor my life with bloody men: 1
Psalms 149:4For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; 1 And will exalt the meek with salvation. 1
Isaiah 14:30And the poor shall be fed by him, and poor men shall rest in peace: but he shall destroy thy seed with hunger, and shall destroy thy remnant.
Isaiah 41:16and thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and a tempest shall scatter them: but thou shalt rejoice in the holy ones of Israel.
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me; he has sent me to preach glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken in heart, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind;
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 →