They are led in with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the king.
Parallel translations
- WEB With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led. They shall enter into the king’s palace.
- KJV With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.
- NKJV With gladness and rejoicing they shall be brought; They shall enter the King’s palace.
- NASB They will be brought with joy and rejoicing; They will enter into the King’s palace.
- NLT What a joyful and enthusiastic procession as they enter the king’s palace!
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Quick answer
With gladness and rejoicing the bride and her company enter the king's palace. It matters because it pictures the joy of being brought into the King's presence.
Overview
The procession reaches its goal in joyful entry into the royal palace. Gladness marks this union with the king. So the church's destiny is to be brought with rejoicing into the everlasting presence of Christ, where joy is full and unending.
Cross-references & the web
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- Rev 7:15–17For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.
- Isa 35:10So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
- 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.
- Jude 1:24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
- Isa 55:12–13You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
- Rev 3:12The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
- Isa 60:19–20No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
- Isa 56:5I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
- Rev 3:21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
- Isa 51:11So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
- John 14:3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.
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