Isaiah 65:19

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

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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

18But you will be glad and rejoice forever in what I am about to create. See, I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and her people as a delight. 1

20Never again will an infant live there only a few days; 1 nor will an old man die before his time. 1 One who dies at one hundred years old will be considered a young person. 1 Anyone who fails to reach the age of one hundred years old will be considered cursed. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 144:14Then our oxen will have many young. 1 No one will break through our walls; there will be no exile 1 and no outcry in our streets. 1

Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up death forever, 1 and the Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces; 1 the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it. 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 51:11The 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

Isaiah 62:4It will no more be said of you, “Abandoned”; nor of your land any longer will it be said, “Desolate.” 1 Indeed, you will be called “My delight is in her,” and your land “Married,” 1 for Yahweh delights in you, and your land will be married. 1

Jeremiah 31:12Then they will come and rejoice on the heights of Zion. Their faces will shine because of Yahweh's goodness, 1 over the corn and the new wine, over the oil and the offspring of the flocks and herds. 1 For their lives will become like a watered garden, and they will never again feel any more sorrow. 1

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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