Text -- Isaiah 51:11 (NET)

51:11 Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 51:11

¹ tn Heb “[will be] on their head[s].” “Joy” may be likened here to a crown (cf. 2 Sam 1:10). The statement may also be an ironic twist on the idiom “earth/dust on the head” (cf. 2 Sam 1:2; 13:19; 15:32; Job 2:12), referring to a mourning practice.

² tn Heb “overtake” (so NIV); NASB “they will obtain.”

³ tn Heb “grief and groaning will flee.”