Isaiah 35:10 New English Translation
10 those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way.[a]
They will enter Zion with a happy shout.
Unending joy will crown them,[b]
happiness and joy will overwhelm[c] them;
grief and suffering will disappear.[d]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 35:10 tn Heb “and the redeemed will walk, the ransomed of the Lord will return.”
- Isaiah 35:10 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.
- Isaiah 35:10 tn Heb “will overtake” (NIV); NLT “they will be overcome with.”
- Isaiah 35:10 tn Heb “grief and groaning will flee”; KJV “sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”
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