Isaias 65:18

Filipino Cebuano Bible

18 Apan managlipay kamo ug managmaya sa walay katapusan tungod niadtong gihimo ko; kay, ania karon, gihimo ko ang Jerusalem nga usa ka pagmaya, ug ang iyang mga pumoluyo nga usa ka kalipay.

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Isaiah 12:4-6, Isaiah 42:10-12, Isaiah 44:23, Isaiah 49:13, Isaiah 51:11, Isaiah 52:7-10, Isaiah 66:10-14, Psalms 67:3-5, Psalms 96:10-13, Psalms 98:1-9, Zephaniah 3:14, Zechariah 9:9, 1 Thessalonians 5:16, Revelation 11:15-18, Revelation 19:1-6

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 6:41 - thy saints Psalms 86:4 - Rejoice Psalms 90:15 - Make Psalms 104:31 - rejoice Isaiah 9:3 - they joy Isaiah 30:19 - thou shalt Isaiah 45:8 - I the Lord Isaiah 52:9 - Break Isaiah 66:13 - ye shall Jeremiah 31:13 - for Zechariah 2:10 - and rejoice Zechariah 14:2 - shall not John 16:22 - and your 2 Corinthians 5:17 - old Galatians 4:26 - Jerusalem Revelation 21:4 - neither sorrow

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But be you glad, and rejoice for ever in that which I create,.... This may refer either to persons converted, both at the beginning of the Gospel, and in the latter day, whether Jews or Gentiles; who are the Lord's creation, or new creatures, being made new men; having new hearts and spirits given them, or created within them; new principles of life, light, grace, and holiness, wrought in them, which are the produce of almighty and creating power; and all such instances are matter of joy, as to the angels in heaven, so to the saints on earth, and especially to the ministers of the Gospel; because of the grace bestowed on men, the glory brought to God, and their own ministry blessed and succeeded, and so their hands and hearts strengthened: or else this refers to the state of things under the Gospel dispensation, in every age of it, and especially in some periods of it, particularly the first and last; and the whole indeed is a new world or state of God's creating, and is matter of joy to all the people of God. The Targum renders it,

"rejoice in the world of worlds, which I create:''

agreeably to which is the version of Bishop Chandler g,

"rejoice for the age to come, that I create;''

the world to come, Hebrews 2:5, which Christ is said to be the father of, in the Septuagint version of Isaiah 9:6, the Gospel dispensation, the Messiah's future world, as opposed to the legal dispensation.

For, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy; that is, do that for them, through the mighty power of his grace, as will justly occasion joy to them, and to all others well affected to them; the conversion of the Jews will be matter of joy to the Gentiles; and that, and the bringing in of the fulness of the Gentiles, as well as the destruction of antichrist, which will occasion a new face of things in the world, will be matter of joy to the whole church; see

Revelation 18:20.

g Defence of Christianity, c. 2. sect. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But be ye glad and rejoice - (See the notes at Isaiah 51:11).

Forever - It is not to be momentary happiness - like a bright morning that is soon overcast with clouds. The joy of God’s people is to endure for ever, and they shall have ceaseless cause of praise and thanksgiving.

I create Jerusalem a rejoicing - A source of rejoicing; or a place of rejoicing.

And her people a joy - That is, in themselves joyful, and a source of joy to all others. The idea is, that the church would be a place of the highest happiness, and that they who were redeemed would have occasion of perpetual joy. The Saviour did not come to minister gloom, nor is the true effect of religion to make his people melancholy. Religion produces seriousness; but seriousness is not inconsistent with permanent happiness. Religion produces deep thought and soberness of deportment and conversation; but this is not inconsistent with a heart at ease, or with a good conscience, or with permanent joy. Religion fills the mind with hope of eternal life; and the highest happiness which the soul can know must be in connection with the prospect of unchanging blessedness beyond the grave.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 65:18. Rejoice for ever in that which I create - "Exult in the age to come which I create"] So in Isaiah 9:6 אבי עד abi ad, πατηρ του μελλοντος αιωνος, "the father of the age to come," Sept. See Bishop Chandler, Defence of Christianity, p. 136.