Isaiah 65:14

Isaiah 65:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
• New International Version (NIV)My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart, But you shall cry for sorrow of heart, And wail for grief of spirit.
• New Living Translation (NLT)My servants will sing for joy, but you will cry in sorrow and despair.

Context of Isaiah 65:14

12I will destine you to the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter, because, when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen, but you did what was evil in my eyes and chose what I did not delight in." 13Therefore thus says the Lord God: "Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame; behold, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart, but you shall cry out for pain of heart and shall wail for breaking of spirit. 15You shall leave your name to my chosen for a curse, and the Lord God will put you to death, but his servants he will call by another name, 16so that he who blesses himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth, and he who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten and are hidden from my eyes.

Isaiah 65:14 word by word

הִנֵּ֧ה עֲבָדַ֛י יָרֹ֖נּוּ מִטּ֣וּב לֵ֑ב וְאַתֶּ֤ם תִּצְעֲקוּ֙ מִכְּאֵ֣ב לֵ֔ב וּמִשֵּׁ֥בֶר ר֖וּחַ תְּיֵלִֽילוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, my servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• shall singרָנַןrânan · to singH7442
• for joyטוּבţûb · goodnessH2898
• of heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• but ye shall cryצָעַקtsâ‛aq · to cryH6817
• for sorrowכְּאֵבke'êb · painH3511
• and shall howlיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
• for vexationשֶׁ֫בֶרsheber shêber · breakingH7667
• of spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307

Cross-references for Isaiah 65:14

• Isaiah 24:14They lift up their voices, they sing for joy; over the majesty of the Lord they shout from the west.
• Isaiah 52:8The voice of your watchmen—they lift up their voice; together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they see the return of the Lord to Zion.
• Job 29:13The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
• Psalms 66:4All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name." Selah
• Jeremiah 31:7For thus says the Lord: "Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and raise shouts for the chief of the nations; proclaim, give praise, and say, 'O Lord, save your people, the remnant of Israel.'
• James 5:13Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
• Matthew 8:12while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
• Matthew 13:42and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Matthew 22:13Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
• Luke 13:28In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves cast out.
• James 5:1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.

Commentaries on Isaiah 65:14

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Shall sing for joy of heart - They who serve me shall have abundant occasion of rejoicing. But ye - shall howl. You shall shriek under the anguish and distress that shall come upon you. For vexation of spirit - Margin, as in Hebrew, Breaking.‘ That is, your spirit shall be broken and crushed under the weight of the calamities that shall come upon you.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-16Verses 11-16 Here the different states of the godly and wicked, of the Jews who believed, and of those who persisted in unbelief, are set against one another. They prepared a table for that troop of deities which the heathen worship, and poured out drink-offerings to that countless number. Their worshippers spared no cost to honour them, which should shame the worshippers of the true God. See the malignity of sin; it is doing by choice what we know will…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-15The difference between the wicked and God's servants affects all parts of life. God punishes the wicked but blesses those who truly serve him (see Isaiah 65:17–25).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. howl--(Is 15:2; Mt 8:12).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 65:14

• Apostasy
• Church
• Condescension of God
• Heart
• Joy
• Righteous
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Cry
• Sought
• Thence
• Isaiah
• Oreb; Zeeb

Commentaries on Isaiah 65

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings