Isaiah 35:10

35:10 those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way.

They will enter Zion with a happy shout.

Unending joy will crown them,

happiness and joy will overwhelm them;

grief and suffering will disappear.


tn Heb “and the redeemed will walk, the ransomed of the Lord will return.”

tn Heb “[will be] on their head[s].” “Joy” may be likened here to a crown (cf. 2 Sam 1:10). The statement may also be an ironic twist on the idiom “earth/dust on the head” (cf. 2 Sam 1:2; 13:19; 15:32; Job 2:12), referring to a mourning practice.

tn Heb “will overtake” (NIV); NLT “they will be overcome with.”

tn Heb “grief and groaning will flee”; KJV “sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”