Isaiah 51 · Verse 11

Isaiah 51:11

Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Isaiah 51:11, King James Version

Isaiah 51:11 in other translations

BSBSo the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
WEBThose ransomed by the LORD will return, and come with singing to Zion. Everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
ASVAnd the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
YLTAnd the ransomed of Jehovah turn back, And they have come to Zion with singing, And joy age-during is on their head, Gladness and joy they attain, Fled away have sorrow and sighing,
DARBYSo the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with singing; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
BBEThose whom the Lord has made free will come back with songs to Zion; and on their heads will be eternal joy: delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.
WebsterTherefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

What does Isaiah 51:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. (Is 35:10). Therefore--assurance of faith; or else the answer of Jehovah corresponding to their prayer. As surely as God redeemed Israel out of Egypt, He shall redeem them from Babylon, both the literal in the age following, and mystical in the last ages (Re 18:20, 21). There shall be a second exodus (Is 11:11-16; 27:12, 13). singing--image from the custom of singing on a journey when a caravan is passing along the extended plains in the East. everlasting joy--(Jude 24). sorrow ... flee away--(Re 21:4).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 They shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away - Nineteen MSS. and the two oldest editions have ישגו yasigu; and forty-six MSS. of Kennicott's and ten of De Rossi's, and the same two editions, and agreeably to them the Chaldee and Syriac, have ונסו venasu; and so both words are expressed, Isa 35:10, of which place this is a repetition. And from comparing both together it appears that the ו vau in this place is become by mistake in the present text final, nun of the preceding word.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 51:9-16

The people whom Christ has redeemed with his blood, as well as by his power, will obtain joyful deliverance from every enemy. He that designs such joy for us at last, will he not work such deliverance in the mean time, as our cases require? In this world of changes, it is a short step from joy to sorrow, but in that world, sorrow shall never come in view. They prayed for the display of God's power; he answers them…

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Isaiah 51:11 in the original Hebrew

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וּפְדוּיֵ֨יu.fe.du.Yeiand [the] [people] ransomed ofH6299
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068
יְשׁוּב֗וּןye.shu.Vunthey will return !H7725
וּבָ֤אוּu.Va.'uand they will comeH935
צִיּוֹן֙tzi.yOnZionH6726
בְּרִנָּ֔הbe.ri.Nahwith a shout of joyH7440
וְשִׂמְחַ֥תve.sim.Chatand gladness ofH8057
עוֹלָ֖םo.LamperpetuityH5769
עַל\־'al-[will be] onH5921
רֹאשָׁ֑םro.Shamhead theirH7218
שָׂשׂ֤וֹןsa.SonjoyH8342
וְשִׂמְחָה֙ve.sim.Chahand gladnessH8057
יַשִּׂיג֔וּןya.si.Gunthey will overtake [them] !H5381
נָ֖סוּNa.suthey will fleeH5127
יָג֥וֹןya.GonsorrowH3015
וַאֲנָחָֽה\׃\ \סva.'a.na.Chahand sighingH585

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 51:11

  • Isaiah 25:8

    He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

  • Revelation 21:4

    And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

  • Revelation 7:17

    For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

  • Isaiah 35:10

    And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:16

    Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

  • Isaiah 61:7

    For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

  • Jeremiah 33:11

    The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord.

  • Isaiah 60:19-20

    The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

  • Revelation 22:3

    And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

  • 2 Corinthians 4:17-18

    For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

  • Jude 1:24

    Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

  • Isaiah 65:19

    And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the redeemed.
35:10; 44:23; 48:20; 49:13; Jer 30:18,19; 31:11,12; 33:11
Ac 2:41-47; Re 5:9-13; 7:9,10; 14:1-4; 19:1-7
everlasting.
60:19; 61:7; 2Co 4:17,18; 2Th 2:16; Jude 1:24
and sorrow.
25:8; 60:20; 65:19; Re 7:17; 21:1,4; 22:3

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Context

  • Isaiah 51:10

    Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

  • Isaiah 51:11

    Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

  • Isaiah 51:12

    I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

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Isaiah 51:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cierto, tornarán los redimidos de Jehová, volverán á Sión cantando, y gozo perpetuo será sobre sus cabezas: poseerán gozo y alegría, y el dolor y el gemido huirán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ceux que l’ Éternel a délivrés retourneront et viendront à Sion avec des chants de triomphe; et une joie éternelle sera sur leur tête; ils obtiendront l’allégresse et la joie; le chagrin et le gémissement s’enfuiront.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Befreiten Jehovas werden zurückkehren und nach Zion kommen mit Jubel, und ewige Freude wird über ihrem Haupte sein; sie werden Wonne und Freude erlangen, Kummer und Seufzen werden entfliehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et nunc qui redempti sunt a Domino, revertentur, et venient in Sion laudantes, et lætitia sempiterna super capita eorum: gaudium et lætitiam tenebunt; fugiet dolor et gemitus.