Isaiah 65 · Verse 18

Isaiah 65:18

But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
Isaiah 65:18, King James Version

Isaiah 65:18 in other translations

BSBBut be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.
WEBBut be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem to be a delight, and her people a joy.
ASVBut be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
YLTBut joy ye, and rejoice for ever, that I am Creator, For, lo, I am creating Jerusalem a rejoicing, And her people a joy.
DARBYBut be glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create. For behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
BBEBut men will be glad and have joy for ever in what I am making; for I am making Jerusalem a delight, and her people a joy.
WebsterBut be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

What does Isaiah 65:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. rejoice for ever ... Jerusalem--(Is 51:11). "Everlasting joy ... Zion." Spiritually (1Th 5:16).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Rejoice for ever in that which I create "Exult in the age to come which I create" - So in Isa 9:5 אבי עד abi ad, πατηρ του μελλοντος αιωνος, "the father of the age to come," Sept. See Bishop Chandler, Defence of Christianity, p. 136.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 65:17-25

In the grace and comfort believers have in and from Christ, we are to look for this new heaven and new earth. The former confusions, sins and miseries of the human race, shall be no more remembered or renewed. The approaching happy state of the church is described under a variety of images. He shall be thought to die in his youth, and for his sins, who only lives to the age of a hundred years. The event alone can…

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Isaiah 65:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
אִם\־'im-exceptH518
שִׂ֤ישׂוּSi.surejoiceH7797
וְגִ֙ילוּ֙ve.Gi.luand be gladH1523
עֲדֵי\־'a.dei-untilH5704
עַ֔ד'AdperpetuityH5703
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.Sher[that] whichH834
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589
בוֹרֵ֑אvo.Re'[am] about to createH1254
כִּי֩kiforH3588
הִנְנִ֨יhi.Nihere IH2005
בוֹרֵ֧אvo.Re'[am] about to createH1254
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
גִּילָ֖הgi.LahgladnessH1525
וְעַמָּ֥הּve.'a.Mahand people itsH5971
מָשֽׂוֹשׂ\׃ma.SosrejoicingH4885

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Cross references for Isaiah 65:18

  • Psalms 98:1-9

    A Psalm. O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. The Lord hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. …

  • Isaiah 66:10-14

    Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. …

  • Revelation 19:1-6

    And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. …

  • Revelation 11:15-18

    And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

  • Psalms 67:3-5

    Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:16

    Rejoice evermore.

  • Isaiah 49:13

    Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

  • Isaiah 52:7-10

    How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion. Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

  • Isaiah 25:9

    And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

  • Zechariah 9:9

    Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

  • Psalms 96:10-13

    Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

  • Isaiah 44:23

    Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
12:4-6; 42:10-12; 44:23; 49:13; 51:11; 52:7-10; 66:10-14; Ps 67:3-5
Ps 96:10-13; 98:1-9; Zep 3:14; Zec 9:9; 1Th 5:16; Re 11:15-18
Re 19:1-6

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Context

  • Isaiah 65:17

    For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

  • Isaiah 65:18

    But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a 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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Isaiah 65:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas os gozaréis y os alegraréis por siglo de siglo en las cosas que yo crío: porque he aquí que yo crío á Jerusalem alegría, y á su pueblo gozo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais réjouissez-vous et égayez-vous à toujours de ce que je crée; car voici, je crée Jérusalem pour être une jubilation, et son peuple, une joie;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sondern freuet euch und frohlocket für und für über das, was ich schaffe. Denn siehe, ich wandle Jerusalem in Frohlocken um und sein Volk in Freude.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sed gaudebitis et exsultabitis usque in sempiternum in his quæ ego creo: quia ecce ego creo Jerusalem exsultationem, et populum ejus gaudium.