Isaiah 66:10
in Isaiah 66Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn over her;
KJV
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
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This verse in Isaiah 66
Commentary
4 notes on this verseWe learn from the example of mothers, who surpass all charity by nourishing their children with love in their arms, the mercy of the Creator towards his creatures. Finally, wanting to show how much He loves and cares for those whom He has created, God asks, 'Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you' (Isaiah 49:15).
This site's exposition
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem
on Isaiah 66:10-11
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem calls every reader who loves her into a corporate gladness, the mourning named in this verse and the whole book's earlier grief over the city both answered at once, all ye that mourn for her now summoned to rejoice for joy with her instead. The nursing images that follow, sucking and being satisfied with the breasts of her consolations, milking out the abundance of her glory, picture Jerusalem herself as the source of comfort rather than merely its location, the city feeding her own children. Henry reads the doubled imagery, mourning turned to joy and Jerusalem turned nurse, as the chapter's answer in miniature to everything the book's opening chapters found wrong with the city.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
on Isaiah 66:6-14
He that, &c. - Solomon, Prov. xv, 8, gives a full commentary on the whole verse; The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord. As if - From hence it is plain, that the prophet is not here reflecting upon idolatrous worship, but formal worship: upon those who in a formality worshipped the true God, and by acts which he had appointed.
on Isaiah 66:10-11
The word of God, the covenant of grace (especially the promises of that covenant), the ordinances of God, and all the opportunities of attending on him and conversing with him, are the breasts, which the church calls and counts the breasts of her consolations, where her comforts are laid up, and whence by faith and prayer they are drawn.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שִׂמְח֧וּ | simchu | rejoice | H8055 → | 155 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛ם | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| וְגִ֥ילוּ | vegilu | and be glad | H1523 → | 45 times |
| בָ֖הּ | vah | in it | ||
| כָּל־ | kol- | O all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֹהֲבֶ֑יהָ | ʾohaveiha | [those who] love it | H157 → | 211 times |
| שִׂ֤ישׂוּ | sisu | exult | H7797 → | 27 times |
| אִתָּהּ֙ | ʾitah | with it | H854 → | 929 times |
| מָשׂ֔וֹשׂ | masos | exultation | H4885 → | 17 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | O all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַמִּֽתְאַבְּלִ֖ים | hamitabelim | those [who] mourn | H56 → | 39 times |
| עָלֶֽיהָ׃ | ʾaleiha | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
שִׂמְח֧וּrejoice
simchuH8055 →155 times
אֶת־with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛םJerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
וְגִ֥ילוּand be glad
vegiluH1523 →45 times
בָ֖הּin it
vah
כָּל־O all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֹהֲבֶ֑יהָ[those who] love it
ʾohaveihaH157 →211 times
שִׂ֤ישׂוּexult
sisuH7797 →27 times
אִתָּהּ֙with it
ʾitahH854 →929 times
מָשׂ֔וֹשׂexultation
masosH4885 →17 times
כָּל־O all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַמִּֽתְאַבְּלִ֖יםthose [who] mourn
hamitabelimH56 →39 times
עָלֶֽיהָ׃on it
ʾaleihaH5921 →5755 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
it leads to
- Revelation 9:4
They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
- 2 Corinthians 1:22
placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
- Revelation 14:1
Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
- Revelation 7:2–3
And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to…
- Revelation 20:4
Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for…
- Revelation 9:4
Through
Psalms 26:8O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
it leads to
- Psalms 84:10
For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 84:10
Through
Deuteronomy 32:43Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries…
it leads to
- Romans 12:19
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
- Revelation 19:2
For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her…
- Romans 12:19
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This page draws on Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.