Isaiah 44:23

44:23 Shout for joy, O sky, for the Lord intervenes; ¹ 

shout out, you subterranean regions ²  of the earth.

O mountains, give a joyful shout;

you too, O forest and all your trees! ³ 

For the Lord protects ⁴  Jacob;

he reveals his splendor through Israel. ⁵ 

Isaiah 65:18

65:18 But be happy and rejoice forevermore

over what I am about to create!

For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem ⁶  to be a source of joy, ⁷ 

and her people to be a source of happiness. ⁸ 

Deuteronomy 32:43

32:43 Cry out, O nations, with his people,

for he will avenge his servants’ blood;

he will take vengeance against his enemies,

and make atonement for his land and people.

Romans 15:9-12

15:9 and thus the Gentiles glorify God for his mercy. ⁹  As it is written, “Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to your name.” ¹⁰  15:10 And again it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.” ¹¹  15:11 And again, “Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him.” ¹²  15:12 And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.” ¹³ 

¹ tn Heb “acts”; NASB, NRSV “has done it”; NLT “has done this wondrous thing.”

² tn Heb “lower regions.” This refers to Sheol and forms a merism with “sky” in the previous line. See Pss 63:9; 71:20.

³ tn Heb “O forest and all the trees in it”; NASB, NRSV “and every tree in it.”

⁴ tn Heb “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.

⁵ tn That is, by delivering Israel. Cf. NCV “showed his glory when he saved Israel”; TEV “has shown his greatness by saving his people Israel.”

⁶ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁷ tn Heb “Jerusalem, joy.” The next verse suggests the meaning: The Lord will create Jerusalem to be a source of joy to himself.

⁸ tn Heb “her people, happiness.” See the preceding note.

⁹ tn There are two major syntactical alternatives which are both awkward: (1) One could make “glorify” dependent on “Christ has become a minister” and coordinate with “to confirm” and the result would be rendered “Christ has become a minister of circumcision to confirm the promises…and so that the Gentiles might glorify God.” (2) One could make “glorify” dependent on “I tell you” and coordinate with “Christ has become a minister” and the result would be rendered “I tell you that Christ has become a minister of circumcision…and that the Gentiles glorify God.” The second rendering is preferred.

¹⁰ sn A quotation from Ps 18:49.

¹¹ sn A quotation from Deut 32:43.

¹² sn A quotation from Ps 117:1.

¹³ sn A quotation from Isa 11:10.