Isaiah 35:10

35:10 those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. ¹ 

They will enter Zion with a happy shout.

Unending joy will crown them, ² 

happiness and joy will overwhelm ³  them;

grief and suffering will disappear. ⁴ 

Isaiah 51:22

51:22 This is what your sovereign master, ⁵  the Lord your God, says:

“Look, I have removed from your hand

the cup of intoxicating wine, ⁶ 

the goblet full of my anger. ⁷ 

You will no longer have to drink it.

Isaiah 60:18

60:18 Sounds of violence ⁸  will no longer be heard in your land,

or the sounds of ⁹  destruction and devastation within your borders.

You will name your walls, ‘Deliverance,’

and your gates, ‘Praise.’

Isaiah 65:19

65:19 Jerusalem will bring me joy,

and my people will bring me happiness. ¹⁰ 

The sound of weeping or cries of sorrow

will never be heard in her again.

Ezekiel 39:29

39:29 I will no longer hide my face from them, when I pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel, ¹¹  declares the sovereign Lord.”

Joel 3:17

The Lord’s Presence in Zion

3:17 You will be convinced ¹²  that I the Lord am your God,

dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain.

Jerusalem ¹³  will be holy –

conquering armies ¹⁴  will no longer pass through it.

Amos 9:15

9:15 I will plant them on their land

and they will never again be uprooted from the ¹⁵  land I have given them,”

says the Lord your God.

Zechariah 14:11

14:11 And people will settle there, and there will no longer be the threat of divine extermination – Jerusalem will dwell in security.

[35:10]  ¹ tn Heb “and the redeemed will walk, the ransomed of the Lord will return.”

[35:10]  ² 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]  ³ tn Heb “will overtake” (NIV); NLT “they will be overcome with.”

[35:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “grief and groaning will flee”; KJV “sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”

[51:22]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[51:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “the cup of [= that causes] staggering” (so ASV, NAB, NRSV); NASB “the cup of reeling.”

[51:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “the goblet of the cup of my anger.”

[60:18]  ⁸ tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[60:18]  ⁹ tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[65:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and be happy in my people.”

[39:29]  ¹¹ sn See Ezek 11:19; 37:14.

[3:17]  ¹² tn Heb “know.”

[3:17]  ¹³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:17]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “strangers” or “foreigners.” In context, this refers to invasions by conquering armies.

[9:15]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “their.” The pronoun was replaced by the English definite article in the translation for stylistic reasons.