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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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet addresses the exiled community, concluding the vision of a secure path for the redeemed in Isaiah 35:9.
The words — The text highlights פְּדוּיֵי יְהוָה (pe·du·yei YH·wah), meaning "the ransomed of Yahweh," and עוֹלָם (ʿō·lām), denoting "perpetuity."
The thread — The motif of redeemed return and abolished sorrow runs through Isaiah 30:19, Isaiah 25:8, and Revelation 21:4.
Why it lands — The passage states that divine deliverance will physically and emotionally restore Zion's inhabitants, replacing mourning with permanent gladness. It requires the reader to expect God's promised restoration as a concrete reality rather than a distant hope.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 30:19 O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.
- 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.”
- 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.
- Isaiah 51:10 Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
- Isaiah 65:19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.
- Jeremiah 33:11 the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.
- Jude 1:21 keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 31:11 For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him.
- John 16:22 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.