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
10 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
Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her
on Isaiah 66:10-11
“Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her” calls the mourners into joy. The images make Jerusalem the source of comfort, a mother feeding her children, “so that you may nurse and be satisfied”. The grief the book's early chapters voiced is answered here.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 10.) Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her. Delight in her with joy, all you who mourn over her, so that you may nurse and be satisfied from her comforting breast, and drink deeply and enjoy the abundance of her glory. LXX: Rejoice, O Jerusalem, and gather together all you who love her. Delight in her with joy, all you who mourn over her, so that you may nurse and be filled from her comforting breast, and after you have nursed, be delighted by the entrance of her glory. The apostles are commanded, and the apostolic men, who love both Jerusalems, and the one that has fallen they mourn and lament, and the one that will rise again they eagerly await with all desire, so that they may rejoice with her and in her, the one that is built with living stones, which roll upon the earth, and in the likeness of the wheels of the Cherubim, they follow the preceding spirit: not in those who have been dissolved into eternal ashes. About which the Lord spoke: Amen, amen I say to you, not one stone will remain upon another, until all these things are accomplished (Matthew 24:2). Rejoice, He says, with joy, all you who mourn for her. As we have taught about Peter and Paul, the apostles, and all who were awaiting the redemption of Israel, in order to suckle and be filled with the breasts of her consolation. For it could not be that she who gave birth to a male and was a mother, lacked an abundance of milk for the raising of her people and infants, who were born together, so that she would offer them two breasts, not at all like before in Egypt, broken and lying down, but whole and standing in virgin beauty, of the old and new Instrument, to offer rational milk. About whom the bridegroom speaks to her: Your breasts are better than wine (Song of Solomon 1:1). […]
The Medieval Church1 voice
Second, he promises immense comfort to the gathered Jews. And first, he invites others to congratulation: rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, as in the object of joy, setting out the condition of congratulation as to affection: all you that love her: eat, …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
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.
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.
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3 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A MOURNER is always an interesting person. We pass by joyful people without a thought. But when we see the ensigns of woe we pause and sympathize even if we dare not enquire. The new widow, the fatherless child, the bereaved husband—these have a history in which our common humanity is interested. "One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." And when that natural touch comes from the hand of sorrow that kinship is quick to show itself. The highest style of mourner is one whose griefs are neither selfish nor groveling.
A MOURNER is always an interesting person. We pass by joyful people without a thought. But when we see the ensigns of woe we pause and sympathize even if we dare not enquire. The new widow, the fatherless child, the bereaved husband—these have a history in which our common humanity is interested. "One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." And when that natural touch comes from the hand of sorrow that kinship is quick to show itself. The highest style of mourner is one whose griefs are neither selfish nor groveling. He who bears spiritual sorrow on account of others is of a nobler order than the man who laments his personal woes. This man has not only bowed his shoulder to the inevitable load of personal trouble but he is obeying the command, "Bear you one another's burdens and so fulfill the Law of Christ." The most excellent style of mourner is the mourner in Zion, the mourner for Zion, the mourner with Zion. If you love the Church of God you will share her joys. But when she passes through the dark defiles of persecution, or the rushing waters of discord, you will mourn with her. God has a great regard for mourners in Zion—for in loving the city, they love the King. Christ Himself has come "to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." It is no small work of Divine Grace to make a man so one with Christ and with Christ's mystical body that he sorrows with the Lord and His spouse. Whenever the ways of God languish, and we languish also, it is a mark that Divine Grace is in active exercise. Those who have learned this heavenly mourning are called to rejoice—"Rejoice for joy with her, all you that mourn for her." When I take up my parable, I shall, at the first seem as though I had a roll written within and without with lamentations.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem - The idea which is presented in this verse is, that it is the duty of all who love Zion to sympathize in her joys.
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 Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2085: “A Dirge for the Down-grade and a Song For Faith” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.