Isaiah 65:18

Be glad and always rejoice because of what I will do: Jerusalem will be a place where people rejoice; the people who live there will always be happy.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

In Context

17“Note this: Some day I will create a new heaven and a new earth. They will be very wonderful, with the result that you will no longer think about all the troubles you had previously.

19I will rejoice about Jerusalem, and I will be delighted with my people. People will no longer weep or cry because of being distressed.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:41Yahweh our God, come and stay in this place with the Sacred Chest, the chest that shows that you are powerful. Yahweh God, cause your priests to know clearly that you have blessed them. Cause us your people to rejoice because of all the good things that you do for us.

Psalms 96:10Say to all the people-groups, “Yahweh is the king! He put the world in its place, and nothing will ever be able to move/shake it. He will judge all the people-groups fairly.”

Isaiah 12:4At that time you all will say, “We should thank Yahweh! We should praise him [MTY]! We should tell the people of all the people-groups what he has done; we should enable them to know that he [MTY] is very great!

Isaiah 35:10Those whom Yahweh has freed will return to Jerusalem; they will sing as they enter the city; they will be extremely joyful [MET, PRS] forever. No longer will they be sad or mourn; they will be completely joyful [DOU].

Isaiah 44:23The sun and moon and stars in the sky should sing, and all the things that are beneath the ground should shout joyfully! All the mountains and forests, and all you trees, should sing loudly, because Yahweh has rescued the descendants of [MTY] Jacob; the people of Israel will praise/honor him.

Isaiah 51:11And those whom Yahweh will rescue from being exiled in Babylonia will similarly return to Jerusalem, singing. Their being joyful forever will be like [MET] a crown on their heads. They will not be sad or mourn any more; they will be completely joyful and happy.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 65:18-25

Predictions of Happiness. ( b. c. 706.) 17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. 18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. 20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his… Read the whole commentary →

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