I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will sing out in joy.
Parallel translations
- WEB Her priests I will also clothe with salvation. Her saints will shout aloud for joy.
- KJV I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
- NKJV I will also clothe her priests with salvation, And her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
- NASB “I will also clothe her priests with salvation, And her godly ones will sing aloud for joy.
- NLT I will clothe its priests with godliness; its faithful servants will sing for joy.
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Quick answer
God will clothe Zion's priests with salvation and her saints will shout for joy. It answers the earlier prayer with God's own abundant promise.
Overview
What the people asked in verse 9 God now exceeds, promising to clothe the priests with salvation, more than righteousness, and to fill the saints with joyful shouting. God gives beyond what His people request. In Christ, His people are clothed with His salvation and filled with everlasting joy.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- 2 Chr 6:41Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.
- Ps 132:9May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.
- Isa 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- John 16:24Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
- Zech 9:15–17The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.
- Zech 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- Hos 11:12Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
- Ps 140:4Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
- Gal 3:27For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
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