Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,
Parallel translations
- WEB “Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her. Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;
- KJV 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:
- NKJV “Rejoice with Jerusalem, And be glad with her, all you who love her; Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for her;
- NASB “Be joyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who love her; Be exceedingly glad with her, all you who mourn over her,
- NLT “Rejoice with Jerusalem! Be glad with her, all you who love her and all you who mourn for her.
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Quick answer
All who love Jerusalem and once mourned over her are called to rejoice with her. It matters because God turns the grief of the faithful into shared, communal joy.
Overview
God invites those who grieved over Zion's desolation to now share in her gladness. Mourning over the city's ruin gives way to rejoicing in her restoration. This reversal of sorrow into joy anticipates the comfort Christ promises to those who mourn (Matthew 5:4) and the joy of the redeemed in the new Jerusalem.
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Cross-references · 12
- Ps 26:8O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
- Ps 137:6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
- Deut 32:43Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.
- Isa 65:18But 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.
- Ezek 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
- Ps 84:1–4For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!
- Isa 61:2–3to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
- John 16:20–22Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
- Rev 11:3–15And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
- Isa 44:23Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.
- Ps 122:6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.
- Rom 15:9–12so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”
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