Isaiah 42:11

Let the desert and the cities cry out, the villages where Kedar lives, shout for joy! 1 Let the inhabitants of Sela sing; let them shout from the mountaintops. 1

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Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

In Context

10Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth; 1 you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, the coastlands, and those who live there. 1

12Let them give glory to Yahweh and declare his praise in the coastlands. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 25:23Yahweh said to her, 1 “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. 1 One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

Psalms 120:5Woe is me because I temporarily live in Meshech; 1 I lived previously among the tents of Kedar. 1

Isaiah 21:16For this is what the Lord said to me, “Within a year, as a laborer hired for a year would see it, all the glory of Kedar will end.

Isaiah 35:1The wilderness and the Arabah will be glad; and the desert will rejoice and blossom. 1 Like the rose, 1

Isaiah 40:3A voice cries out, 1 “In the wilderness prepare the way of Yahweh; 1 make straight in the Arabah a highway for our God.” + 40:3 Some older modern versions have A voice cries out in the wilderness . 1

Isaiah 43:19Look, I am about to do a new thing; now it begins to happen; do you not perceive it? 1 I will make a road in the desert and streams of water in the wilderness. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 42:6-13

The Messiah's Approach. ( b. c. 708.) 5 Thus saith God the Lord , he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: 6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that… Read the whole commentary →

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