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.
• 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.
• 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 for the sword, and all of you will fall in the slaughter; for I called but you did not answer, I spoke but you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me.” 13Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; my servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; my servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame. 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. 15You will leave your name for my chosen ones to use in their curses; the Sovereign Lord will put you to death, but to his servants he will give another name. 16Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the one true God; whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the one true God. For the past troubles will be forgotten and 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 raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they acclaim the Lord’s majesty.
• Isaiah 52:8Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices; together they shout for joy. When the Lord returns to Zion, they will see it with their own eyes.
• Job 29:13The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing.
• Psalms 66:4All the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing the praises of your name.”
• Jeremiah 31:7This is what the Lord says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations. Make your praises heard, and say, ‘Lord, save your people, the remnant of Israel.’
• James 5:13Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.
• Matthew 8:12But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
• Matthew 13:42They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Matthew 22:13“Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
• Luke 13:28“There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.
• James 5:1Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is 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

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