Isaiah 65:14

Joy Grief

¹² Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.

¹³ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

¹⁵ And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:

¹⁶ That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.
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.
WEB: Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart, but you will cry for sorrow of heart, and will wail for anguish of spirit.
ASV: behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit.
DARBY: behold, my servants shall sing aloud for gladness of heart, and *ye* shall cry out for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
BLB: Behold, My servants will sing out from goodness of heart, and you⁺ will cry out from pain of heart, and from a breaking of spirit you⁺ will wail.

ÅB: se, mine tjenere skal juble av hjertens lyst, men dere skal skrike av hjertets pine og hyle i fortvilelse.
OTB: Se, mine tjenere skal synge av hjertets glede, men dere skal rope av hjertets smerte og jamre av en knust ånd.
B1930: se, mine tjenere skal juble av hjertens lyst, men I skal skrike av hjertets pine og hyle i fortvilelse.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 66:4
All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
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Matthew 8:12
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Isaiah 24:14
They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
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Matthew 13:42
And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
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James 5:1
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
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Jeremiah 31:7
For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
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Luke 13:28
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
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Matthew 22:13
Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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