Isaiah 21:2
Context21:2 I have received a distressing message: 1
“The deceiver deceives,
the destroyer destroys.
Attack, you Elamites!
Lay siege, you Medes!
I will put an end to all the groaning!” 2
Isaiah 35:10
Context35:10 those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. 3
They will enter Zion with a happy shout.
Unending joy will crown them, 4
happiness and joy will overwhelm 5 them;
grief and suffering will disappear. 6
Isaiah 51:11
Context51:11 Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return;
they will enter Zion with a happy shout.
Unending joy will crown them, 7
happiness and joy will overwhelm 8 them;
grief and suffering will disappear. 9


[21:2] 1 tn Heb “a severe revelation has been related to me.”
[21:2] 2 sn This is often interpreted to mean “all the groaning” that Babylon has caused others.
[35:10] 3 tn Heb “and the redeemed will walk, the ransomed of the Lord will return.”
[35:10] 4 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.
[35:10] 5 tn Heb “will overtake” (NIV); NLT “they will be overcome with.”
[35:10] 6 tn Heb “grief and groaning will flee”; KJV “sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”
[51:11] 5 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.
[51:11] 6 tn Heb “overtake” (so NIV); NASB “they will obtain.”