Discovery BoxIsaiah 16:10 
Context16:10 Joy and happiness disappear from the orchards,
and in the vineyards no one rejoices or shouts;
no one treads out juice in the wine vats 1 –
I have brought the joyful shouts to an end. 2
Isaiah 35:10
Context35:10 those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. 3
They will enter Zion with a happy shout.
Unending joy will crown them, 4
happiness and joy will overwhelm 5 them;
grief and suffering will disappear. 6
Isaiah 51:11
Context51:11 Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return;
they will enter Zion with a happy shout.
Unending joy will crown them, 7
happiness and joy will overwhelm 8 them;
grief and suffering will disappear. 9
Isaiah 65:14
Context65:14 Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! 10
But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; 11
you will wail because your spirits will be crushed. 12
Isaiah 65:18
Context65:18 But be happy and rejoice forevermore
over what I am about to create!
For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem 13 to be a source of joy, 14
and her people to be a source of happiness. 15
1 tn Heb “wine in the vats the treader does not tread.”
2 sn The Lord appears to be the speaker here. See 15:9.
3 tn Heb “and the redeemed will walk, the ransomed of the Lord will return.”
4 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.
5 tn Heb “will overtake” (NIV); NLT “they will be overcome with.”
6 tn Heb “grief and groaning will flee”; KJV “sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”
7 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.
8 tn Heb “overtake” (so NIV); NASB “they will obtain.”
9 tn Heb “grief and groaning will flee.”
10 tn Heb “from the good of the heart.”
11 tn Heb “from the pain of the heart.”
12 tn Heb “from the breaking of the spirit.”
13 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
14 tn Heb “Jerusalem, joy.” The next verse suggests the meaning: The Lord will create Jerusalem to be a source of joy to himself.
15 tn Heb “her people, happiness.” See the preceding note.
