Yesaya 66:10

66:10 Be happy for Jerusalem

and rejoice with her, all you who love her!

Share in her great joy,

all you who have mourned over her!

Yesaya 24:11

24:11 They howl in the streets because of what happened to the wine; ¹ 

all joy turns to sorrow; ² 

celebrations disappear from the earth. ³ 

Yesaya 35:10

35:10 those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. ⁴ 

They will enter Zion with a happy shout.

Unending joy will crown them, ⁵ 

happiness and joy will overwhelm ⁶  them;

grief and suffering will disappear. ⁷ 

Yesaya 51:11

51:11 Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return;

they will enter Zion with a happy shout.

Unending joy will crown them, ⁸ 

happiness and joy will overwhelm ⁹  them;

grief and suffering will disappear. ¹⁰ 

[24:11]  ¹ tn Heb “[there is] an outcry over the wine in the streets.”

[24:11]  ² tn Heb “all joy turns to evening,” the darkness of evening symbolizing distress and sorrow.

[24:11]  ³ tn Heb “the joy of the earth disappears.”

[35:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the redeemed will walk, the ransomed of the Lord will return.”

[35:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “[will be] on their head[s].” “Joy” may be likened here to a crown (cf. 2 Sam 1:10). The statement may also be an ironic twist on the idiom “earth/dust on the head” (cf. 2 Sam 1:2; 13:19; 15:32; Job 2:12), referring to a mourning practice.

[35:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “will overtake” (NIV); NLT “they will be overcome with.”

[35:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “grief and groaning will flee”; KJV “sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”

[51:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “[will be] on their head[s].” “Joy” may be likened here to a crown (cf. 2 Sam 1:10). The statement may also be an ironic twist on the idiom “earth/dust on the head” (cf. 2 Sam 1:2; 13:19; 15:32; Job 2:12), referring to a mourning practice.

[51:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “overtake” (so NIV); NASB “they will obtain.”

[51:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “grief and groaning will flee.”