Isaiah 14:7

14:7 The whole earth rests and is quiet;

they break into song.

Isaiah 48:20

48:20 Leave Babylon!

Flee from the Babylonians!

Announce it with a shout of joy!

Make this known!

Proclaim it throughout the earth! ¹ 

Say, ‘The Lord protects ²  his servant Jacob.

Isaiah 49:13

49:13 Shout for joy, O sky! ³ 

Rejoice, O earth!

Let the mountains give a joyful shout!

For the Lord consoles his people

and shows compassion to the ⁴  oppressed.

Isaiah 54:1

Zion Will Be Secure

54:1 “Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth!

Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor!

For the children of the desolate one are more numerous

than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 55:12

55:12 Indeed you will go out with joy;

you will be led along in peace;

the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you,

and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.

Isaiah 44:23

44:23 Shout for joy, O sky, for the Lord intervenes; ⁵ 

shout out, you subterranean regions ⁶  of the earth.

O mountains, give a joyful shout;

you too, O forest and all your trees! ⁷ 

For the Lord protects ⁸  Jacob;

he reveals his splendor through Israel. ⁹ 

[48:20]  ¹ tn Heb “to the end of the earth” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).

[48:20]  ² tn Heb “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.

[49:13]  ¹ tn Or “O heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[49:13]  ² tn Heb “his” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[44:23]  ¹ tn Heb “acts”; NASB, NRSV “has done it”; NLT “has done this wondrous thing.”

[44:23]  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.

[44:23]  ³ tn Heb “O forest and all the trees in it”; NASB, NRSV “and every tree in it.”

[44:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.

[44:23]  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.”