Isaiah 42:11

Isaiah 42:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
• New International Version (NIV)Let the wilderness and its towns raise their voices; let the settlements where Kedar lives rejoice. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them shout from the mountaintops.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar inhabits; let the habitants of Sela sing for joy, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice, The villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing, Let them shout from the top of the mountains.

Context of Isaiah 42:11

9What I said in the past has come true. I will reveal new things before they happen. 10Sing a new song to the Lord. Sing his praise from the ends of the earth, you people who sail on the seas and all the creatures that live in them, you coastlands and all who live on them. Let those who live in the desert and its cities raise their voices. Let those who live in the settlements of Kedar praise him. Let those who live in Sela sing for joy. Let them shout from the tops of the mountains. 12Let them give glory to the Lord and announce his praise on the coastlands. 13The Lord marches out like a warrior. He prepares himself for battle like a soldier. He shouts, gives the battle cry, and overpowers his enemies.

Isaiah 42:11 word by word

יִשְׂא֤וּ מִדְבָּר֙ וְעָרָ֔יו חֲצֵרִ֖ים תֵּשֵׁ֣ב קֵדָ֑ר יָרֹ֙נּוּ֙ יֹ֣שְׁבֵי סֶ֔לַע מֵרֹ֥אשׁ הָרִ֖ים יִצְוָֽחוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• and the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• thereof lift upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: loudH5375
• the villagesחָצֵרchâtsêr · villageH2691
• Kedarקֵדָרqêdâr · KedarH6938
• doth inhabitיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• of the rockסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · rockH5553
• singרָנַןrânan · to singH7442
• let them shoutצָוַחtsâvach · to cry aloudH6681
• from the topרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
• of the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022

Cross-references for Isaiah 42:11

• Isaiah 32:16Then justice will live in the wilderness, and righteousness will be at home in the fertile field.
• Isaiah 35:1The desert and the dry land will be glad, and the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.
• Isaiah 40:3A voice cries out in the desert: “Clear a way for the Lord. Make a straight highway in the wilderness for our God.
• Isaiah 41:18I will make rivers flow on bare hilltops. I will make springs flow through valleys. I will turn deserts into lakes. I will turn dry land into springs.
• Isaiah 43:19I am going to do something new. It is already happening. Don’t you recognize it? I will clear a way in the desert. I will make rivers on dry land.
• Psalms 72:8May he rule from sea to sea, from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.
• Isaiah 60:7All of the flocks from Kedar will gather and come to you. The rams of Nebaioth will serve you. They will be sacrificed as acceptable ⌞offerings⌟ on my altar. So I will honor my beautiful temple.
• Genesis 25:23The Lord said to her, “Two countries are in your womb. Two nations will go their separate ways from birth. One nation will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
• Psalms 120:5How horrible it is to live as a foreigner in Meshech or to stay in the tents of Kedar.
• Jeremiah 21:13“ ‘I’m against you, Jerusalem. You are the city that is in the valley and on the rock in the plain,’ ” declares the Lord. “ ‘But you ask, “Who can attack us? Who can enter our places of refuge?”
• Jeremiah 48:28People of Moab, abandon your cities. Live among the cliffs. Be like doves that make their nests at the entrance of a cave.
• Jeremiah 49:16You have frightened other people. Your arrogance has deceived you. You live on rocky cliffs and occupy the highest places in the hills. Even though you build your nest as high as an eagle, I will bring you down from there,” declares the Lord.

Commentaries on Isaiah 42:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Let the wilderness - The most uncultivated countries, and the most rude and uncivilized people, shall confess and celebrate with thanksgiving the blessing of the knowledge of God graciously imparted to them. By the desert is meant Arabia Deserta; by the rocky country, Arabia Petraea; by the mountains, probably those celebrated ones, Paran, Horeb, Sinai, in the same country; to which also belonged Kedar, a clan of Arabians, dwelling for the most part in…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Let the wilderness - (See the note at Isaiah 35:1). The word here denotes the most uncultivated countries, intimating that even the most rude and barbarous people would have occasion to rejoin, and would be interested in the mercy of God. And the cities thereof - To us there seems to be something incongruous in speaking of the cities‘ in a wilderness.‘ But we are to remember that the Hebrews gave the name wilderness or desert to those regions that were…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 The work of redemption brings back man to the obedience he owes to God as his Maker. Christ is the light of the world. And by his grace he opens the understandings Satan has blinded, and sets at liberty from the bondage of sin. The Lord has supported his church. And now he makes new promises, which shall as certainly be fulfilled as the old ones were. When the Gentiles are brought into the church, he is glorified in them and by them. Let us…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11Different geographical regions show the extremes of where people live. The entire earth is invited to praise God for his promise to save humanity. Kedar and Sela were examples of desert locations (Isaiah 42:11; see also 16:1; 21:16–17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. cities--in a region not wholly waste, but mainly so, with an oasis here and there. Kedar--in Arabia-Deserta (Is 21:16; Ge 25:13). The Kedarenians led a nomadic, wandering life. So Kedar is here put in general for that class of men. rock--Sela, that is, Petra, the metropolis of Idumea and the Nabathoean Ishmaelites. Or it may refer in general to those in Arabia-Petræa, who had their dwellings cut out of the rock. the mountains--namely, of Paran, south…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 42:11

• Arabians
• Church
• Gentiles
• Kedar
• Praise

In the dictionaries

• Kedar
• Arabia
• Ashamed
• Elect
• Isle
• Prison
• Servant
• Travailing
• Trust
• Wilderness

Commentaries on Isaiah 42

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• 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