Isaiah 65:19
in Isaiah 65I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.
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ASV
And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and there shall be heard in her no more the voice of weeping and the voice of crying.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Isaiah 65
Commentary
13 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And I will rejoice in Jerusalem - (See the notes at Isa 62:5). And the voice of weeping shall no more be heard - (See the notes at Isa 25:7-8).
This site's exposition
For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth
on Isaiah 65:17-19
“For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth” stands behind 2 Peter 3:13 and Revelation 21:1. “The former things will not be remembered”. The promise that “The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard” answers the weeping in Zion, as at 22:4.
This site's exposition
I will rejoice in Jerusalem
Barnes sends the reader to 62:5, where God rejoices over Zion as a bridegroom over his bride, and to 25:8, where He wipes away tears. Clarke cites a reading of the weeping as grief over untimely deaths, the theme verse 20 takes up. Henry places the full answer in heaven.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
(Verse 19.) For behold, I am creating Jerusalem as a rejoicing, and her people as a joy; and I will rejoice in Jerusalem and delight in my people. Septuagint: For behold, I am making Jerusalem a rejoicing, and my people a gladness; and I will rejoice over Jerusalem and be glad over my people. You should rejoice and exult with everlasting joy in the creation of new heavens and a new earth, and not remember the former things.
For it will not be fitting that in the city of Jerusalem, the people of God, who will receive the eternal creature of exultation and joy, should any longer hear the voice of weeping and shouting; when pain, sorrow, and groaning have departed. For indeed, opposites cannot be present at the same time.
The Medieval Church1 voice
Second, in particular: for behold I create Jerusalem. And first, as to cheerfulness of heart: Jerusalem, earthly Jerusalem, but more, the heavenly Jerusalem; <a rejoicing, that is,> rejoicing, emphatically, so that all things are absorbed in joy, above: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
If this relate to any state of the church in this life, it means no more than that the former occasions of grief shall not return, but God's people shall long enjoy an uninterrupted tranquillity. But in heaven it shall have a full accomplishment, in respect both of the perfection and the perpetuity of the promised joy; there all tears shall be wiped away.
And, as for old men, it is promised that they shall fill their days with the fruits of righteousness, which they shall still bring forth in old age, to show that the Lord is upright, and then it is a good old age.
5 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people,.... God himself rejoices in his people, as they are considered in Christ; so he did from all eternity, and so he does at the conversion of them; which is the day of their espousals, and when he manifests his love to them, and rejoices over them to do them good, and continues to do so; and he rejoices in the exercise of his own grace in them, and will do so throughout the New Jerusalem state, and to all eternity.
But these things are here prophesied of under the type and figure of the difference God would make between some and others of the Jews after their return out of captivity, between those that feared God and those that did not, with reproofs of the sins then found among them and promises of the blessings then in reserve for them.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
THIS passage, like the rest of Isaiah's closing chapters, will have complete fulfillment in the latter days when Christ shall come, when the whole company of His elect ones shall have been gathered out from the world, when the whole creation shall have been renewed, when new heavens and a new earth shall be the product of the Savior's power, when, forever and forever, perfected saints of God shall behold His face and joy and rejoice in Him.
THIS passage, like the rest of Isaiah's closing chapters, will have complete fulfillment in the latter days when Christ shall come, when the whole company of His elect ones shall have been gathered out from the world, when the whole creation shall have been renewed, when new heavens and a new earth shall be the product of the Savior's power, when, forever and forever, perfected saints of God shall behold His face and joy and rejoice in Him. I hope and believe that the following verses will actually describe the condition of the redeemed during the reign of Christ upon the earth—"There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that has not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old. They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of My people, and My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them. And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, says the Lord." But the work which is spoken of in the text is already begun among us. There is to be a literal new creation, but that new creation has already commenced and I think, therefore, that even now we ought to manifest a part of the joy.
The voice of weeping, etc. - “Because of untimely deaths shall no more be heard in thee; for natural death shall not happen till men be full of days; as it is written, Isa 65:20: There shall be no more thence an infant of days, i.e., the people shall live to three or five hundred years of age, as in the days of the patriarchs; and if one die at one hundred years, it is because of his sin; and even at that age he shall be reputed an infant; and they shall say of him, An infant is dead. These things shall happen to Israel in the days of the Messiah.” - Kimchi.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְגַלְתִּ֥י | vegalti | and I will be glad | H1523 → | 45 times |
| בִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם | virushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| וְשַׂשְׂתִּ֣י | vesasti | and I will rejoice | H7797 → | 27 times |
| בְעַמִּ֑י | veami | in people my | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִשָּׁמַ֥ע | yishama' | it will be heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בָּהּ֙ | bah | in it | ||
| ע֔וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| ק֥וֹל | kol | a sound of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| בְּכִ֖י | bekhi | weeping | H1065 → | 30 times |
| וְק֥וֹל | vekol | and a sound of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| זְעָקָֽה׃ | zeakah | a cry of distress | H2201 → | 18 times |
וְגַלְתִּ֥יand I will be glad
vegaltiH1523 →45 times
בִירוּשָׁלִַ֖םin Jerusalem
virushalimH3389 →643 times
וְשַׂשְׂתִּ֣יand I will rejoice
vesastiH7797 →27 times
בְעַמִּ֑יin people my
veamiH5971 →1873 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִשָּׁמַ֥עit will be heard
yishama'H8085 →1159 times
בָּהּ֙in it
bah
ע֔וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
ק֥וֹלa sound of
kolH6963 →506 times
בְּכִ֖יweeping
bekhiH1065 →30 times
וְק֥וֹלand a sound of
vekolH6963 →506 times
זְעָקָֽה׃a cry of distress
zeakahH2201 →18 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
Revelation 21:4‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 15:26
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 35:10
So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
- Isaiah 60:20
Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
- Isaiah 25:8
Through
Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
it leads to
- Revelation 21:4
‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 21:4
Through
Revelation 7:17For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
it leads to
- John 7:37–38
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- Psalms 36:8–9
They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
- John 7:37–38
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2211: “God Rejoicing in the New Creation” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.