30:29 You will sing
as you do in the evening when you are celebrating a festival.
You will be happy like one who plays a flute
as he goes to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock who shelters Israel. 1
35:10 those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. 2
They will enter Zion with a happy shout.
Unending joy will crown them, 3
happiness and joy will overwhelm 4 them;
grief and suffering will disappear. 5
51:11 Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return;
they will enter Zion with a happy shout.
Unending joy will crown them, 6
happiness and joy will overwhelm 7 them;
grief and suffering will disappear. 8
1 tn Heb “[you will have] joy of heart, like the one going with a flute to enter the mountain of the Lord to the Rock of Israel.” The image here is not a foundational rock, but a rocky cliff where people could hide for protection (for example, the fortress of Masada).
2 tn Heb “and the redeemed will walk, the ransomed of the Lord will return.”
3 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.
4 tn Heb “will overtake” (NIV); NLT “they will be overcome with.”
5 tn Heb “grief and groaning will flee”; KJV “sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”
3 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.
4 tn Heb “overtake” (so NIV); NASB “they will obtain.”
5 tn Heb “grief and groaning will flee.”