Isaiah 51:11

Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, ¹  happiness and joy will overwhelm ²  them; grief and suffering will disappear. ³ 

Isa 25:8; Isa 35:10; Isa 44:23; Isa 48:20; Isa 49:13; Isa 60:19; Isa 60:20; Isa 61:7; Isa 65:19; Jer 30:18,19; Jer 31:11,12; Jer 33:11; Ac 2:41-47; 2Co 4:17,18; 2Th 2:16; Jude 1:24; Re 5:9-13; Re 7:9,10; Re 7:17; Re 14:1-4; Re 19:1-7; Re 21:1,4; Re 22:3

¹ 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.

² tn Heb “overtake” (so NIV); NASB “they will obtain.”

³ tn Heb “grief and groaning will flee.”