“Rejoice with Jerusalem, And be glad with her, all you who love her; Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for 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:
- BSB Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over 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 26:8Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.
- Ps 137:6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you; if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
- Deut 32:43Rejoice, you nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will take vengeance on his adversaries, and will make atonement for his land and for his people.
- Isa 65:18But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem to be a delight, and her people a joy.
- Ezek 9:4Yahweh said to him, “Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”
- Ps 84:1–4For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies!
- Isa 61:2–3to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
- John 16:20–22Most certainly I tell you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
- Rev 11:3–15I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”
- Isa 44:23Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
- Ps 122:6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.
- Rom 15:9–12and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore will I give praise to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.”
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