Add parallel Print Page Options

19 ·People in those places will sing songs of praise [L Praise/Thanks will go out from them; Ps. 126].
    There will be the sound of laughter.
I will ·give them many children [L multiply them]
    so ·their number will not be small [L they will not diminish; Gen. 12:1–3; 22:17; 32:12; 41:49].
I will bring ·honor [glory] to them
    so no one will ·look down on [belittle] them.
20 Their ·descendants [children] will be as they were in the old days.
    ·I will set them up as a strong people [L Their congregation will be established] before me,
and I will punish ·the nations who have hurt them [their oppressors].
21 ·One of their own people will lead them [L Their noble one will be of them];
    their ruler will come from among them [Deut. 17:14–20].
·He will come near to me when I invite him [L I will bring him near and he will approach me].
    Who would dare to ·come to [approach] me uninvited?” says the Lord.

Read full chapter

19 From them will come songs(A) of thanksgiving(B)
    and the sound of rejoicing.(C)
I will add to their numbers,(D)
    and they will not be decreased;
I will bring them honor,(E)
    and they will not be disdained.
20 Their children(F) will be as in days of old,
    and their community will be established(G) before me;
    I will punish(H) all who oppress them.
21 Their leader(I) will be one of their own;
    their ruler will arise from among them.(J)
I will bring him near(K) and he will come close to me—
    for who is he who will devote himself
    to be close to me?’
declares the Lord.

Read full chapter