Isaiah 42:11 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 42:11

Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.

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ASV

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

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice,.... The eastern part of the world, Arabia Deserta, and the inhabitants of the cities which were in it: the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; or the "courts" (t), or tents, the Kedarenes inhabited, who were Arabians, and dwelt in tents, which they pitched here and there, for the convenience of their flocks; and so the Targum, "the Arabians that inhabit the wilderness shall praise:'' let the inhabitants of the rock sing: or of Petra, which Jerom says was a city of Palestine.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Let the wilderness - (See the note at Isa 35:1). The word here denotes the most uncultivated countries, intimating that even the most rude and barbarous people would have occasion to rejoin, and would be interested in the mercy of God. And the cities thereof - To us there seems to be something incongruous in speaking of the ‘cities’ in a ‘wilderness.’ But we are to remember that the Hebrews gave the name wilderness or desert to those regions that were mostly uncultivated, or sparsely inhabited.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יִשְׂא֤וּ	yis.'U	let them lift up	H5375 →
מִדְבָּר֙	mid.Bar	[the] wilderness	H4057 →
וְעָרָ֔יו	ve.'a.Rav	and cities its	H5892 →
חֲצֵרִ֖ים	cha.tze.Rim	[the] villages	H2691 →
תֵּשֵׁ֣ב	te.Shev	[where] it dwells	H3427 →
קֵדָ֑ר	ke.Dar	Kedar	H6938 →
יָרֹ֙נּוּ֙	ya.Ro.nu	let them shout for joy	H7442 →
יֹ֣שְׁבֵי	Yo.she.vei	[the] inhabitants of	H3427 →
סֶ֔לַע	Se.la'	Sela	H5554 →
מֵרֹ֥אשׁ	me.Rosh	from [the] top of	H7218 →
הָרִ֖ים	ha.Rim	[the] mountains	H2022 →
יִצְוָֽחוּ׃	yitz.Va.chu	let them cry aloud	H6681 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 60:7
All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.
leads to
- Genesis 25:13
  These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 56:7
  I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called…
- Hebrews 13:15–16
  Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- Romans 12:1
  Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
- Romans 15:16
  to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy…
Through
Psalms 120:5
Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
leads to
- Genesis 10:2
  The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
- Ezekiel 27:13
  Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.
- Song of Solomon 1:5
  I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

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PlaceEdomSelaEdom's rock-cut stronghold in the clefts (Obad 1:3; 2 Kings 14:7), identified by long tradition with the later Nabatean Petra.

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About Isaiah