New English Translation
Isaiah 65:14
14Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; you will wail because your spirits will be crushed.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- 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.
Context of Isaiah 65:14
12I predestine you to die by the sword, all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block, because I called to you, and you did not respond, I spoke and you did not listen. You did evil before me; you chose to do what displeases me.” 13So this is what the sovereign Lord says: “Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated! Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; you will wail because your spirits will be crushed. 15Your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones. The sovereign Lord will kill you, but he will give his servants another name. 16Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God; whoever makes an oath in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God. For past problems will be forgotten; I will no longer think about them.
Read all of Isaiah 65Isaiah 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 their voices and shout joyfully; they praise the majesty of the Lord in the west.
- Isaiah 52:8Listen, your watchmen shout; in unison they shout for joy, for they see with their very own eyes the Lord’s return to Zion.
- Job 29:13the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;
- Psalms 66:4All the earth worships you and sings praises to you! They sing praises to your name!” (Selah)
- Jeremiah 31:7Moreover, the Lord says, “Sing for joy for the descendants of Jacob. Utter glad shouts for that foremost of the nations. Make your praises heard. Then say, ‘Lord, rescue your people. Deliver those of Israel who remain alive.’
- James 5:13Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praises.
- Matthew 8:12but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
- Matthew 13:42They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Matthew 22:13Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’
- Luke 13:28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves thrown out.
- James 5:1Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on 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
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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
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