Bible Strands
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks to the restored community in Isaiah during the vision of a renewed Jerusalem. He announces a definitive end to collective mourning as He establishes His presence among them.
The words — The Hebrew verbs גַלְתִּי (gal.ti) and שָׂשְׂתִּי (sas.ti) both denote active, divine gladness and rejoicing. The phrase לֹא־יִשָּׁמַע עוֹד (lo'- yi.sha.Ma' od) literally translates to "it will not be heard again."
The thread — The removal of weeping and the establishment of joy recur in Isaiah 25:8 and Revelation 21:4, where God directly intervenes to end mourning and death. Revelation 7:17 extends this restoration motif by depicting the Lamb shepherding the people to living water.
Why it lands — The passage requires readers to recognize that divine joy is initiated by God, not earned by human effort. It demands a sober expectation that God will unilaterally replace communal suffering with sustained delight.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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.’”
- 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.
- Jeremiah 32:41 Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
- Isaiah 51:11 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 51:3 For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.
- Isaiah 62:4 No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.
- Song of Solomon 3:11 Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding—the day of his heart’s rejoicing.