Then you will take delight in the Lord, And I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; And I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
Parallel translations
- WEB then you shall delight yourself in Yahweh; and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth; and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father:” for Yahweh’s mouth has spoken it.
- KJV Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
- BSB then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
- NKJV Then you shall delight yourself in the Lord; And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
- NLT Then the Lord will be your delight. I will give you great honor and satisfy you with the inheritance I promised to your ancestor Jacob. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
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Quick answer
Those who delight in the Lord will rejoice in Him and inherit the blessings promised to Jacob. Joy in God leads to His sure inheritance.
Overview
God promises that delighting in Him brings exalted joy and the heritage of Jacob, guaranteed by His own spoken word. The reward of Sabbath delight is fuller delight in the Lord Himself. This anticipates the believer's inheritance in Christ, in whom all God's promises are Yes and Amen, and who is Himself the supreme joy of His people.
Cross-references & the web
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- Deut 32:13He made him ride on the high places of the earth. He ate the increase of the field. He caused him to suck honey out of the rock, oil out of the flinty rock;
- Job 22:26For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.
- Isa 33:16he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.
- Isa 1:19–20If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;
- Hab 3:18–19yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
- Deut 33:29You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”
- Ps 37:4Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
- Isa 40:5Yahweh’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”
- Ps 36:8They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
- Mic 4:4But they will sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and no one will make them afraid: For the mouth of Yahweh of Armies has spoken.
- Ps 105:9–11the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,
- Phil 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”
- Jer 3:19“But I said, ‘How I desire to put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’
- Matt 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
- 1 Pet 1:8whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory —
- Job 27:10Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?
- Ps 136:21And gave their land as an inheritance; for his loving kindness endures forever;
- Ps 135:12and gave their land for a heritage, a heritage to Israel, his people.
- Ps 37:11But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
- Job 34:9For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.’
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