Isaiah 65:19

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

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18Be 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.

20No child will die when it is still an infant; all people will live until they are very old. People will consider that anyone who is 100 years old is still young; they will consider that anyone who dies who is younger than that has been cursed.

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Cross References

Psalms 144:14I wish/hope that our cows will give birth to many calves without having any miscarriages or deaths when they are born (OR, that no enemies will break through our city walls and take us ◄into exile/to their own countries►). I wish/hope that there will not be a time when the people in our streets cry out in distress because foreign armies are invading.

Isaiah 25:8He will get rid of death forever! Yahweh our God will cause people to no longer mourn because someone has died. And he will stop other people insulting and making fun of his land and us his people. That will surely happen because Yahweh has said it!

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 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.

Isaiah 62:4Your city will never again be called “the deserted/abandoned city” and your country will never again be called “the desolate land”; it will be called “the land that Yahweh delights in”, and it will also be called “married to Yahweh”. It will be called that because Yahweh will be delighted with you, and it will be as though you are his bride [MET].

Jeremiah 31:12My people will return to Jerusalem and shout joyfully on the slopes of Zion Hill. They will rejoice about the things that I have abundantly given to them— grain and new wine and olive oil and young sheep and cattle. They themselves will be like a well-watered garden, and they will no longer be sad.

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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