Isaiah 51:11

The ransomed of Yahweh will return and come to Zion with cries of joy 1 and with gladness forever on their heads; and gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and mourning will flee away. 1

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Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

In Context

10Did you not dry up the sea, the waters of the great deep, 1 and make the depths of the sea into a way for the redeemed to pass through? 1

12“I, I, am he who comforts you. 1 Why are you afraid of men, who will die, the sons of mankind, who are made like grass? 1

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Cross References

Psalms 126:2Then our mouths were filled with laughter 1 and our tongues with singing. 1 Then they said among the nations, 1 “Yahweh has done great things for them.” 1

Isaiah 35:10The ransomed of Yahweh will return 1 and come with singing to Zion, and everlasting joy will be on their heads; 1 gladness and joy will overtake them; sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Isaiah 48:20Come out from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! 1 With the sound of a ringing cry announce it! Make this known, make it go out to the ends of the earth! 1 Say, 'Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob.' 1

Isaiah 60:19The sun will no longer be your light by day, 1 nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you; 1 but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God your glory. 1

Isaiah 65:19I will rejoice over Jerusalem and be glad over my people; 1 weeping and cries of distress will no longer be heard in her. 1

Jeremiah 30:19Then a song of praise and a sound of merriment will go out from them, 1 for I will increase them and not diminish them; I will honor them so they will not be humbled. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 51:10-17

Prayer in Behalf of Israel; Encouragement to the People of God. ( b. c. 706.) 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord ; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? 10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? 11 Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon… Read the whole commentary →

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