Yesaya 25:9

25:9 At that time they will say, ¹ 

“Look, here ²  is our God!

We waited for him and he delivered us.

Here ³  is the Lord! We waited for him.

Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”

Yesaya 35:10

35:10 those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. ⁴ 

They will enter Zion with a happy shout.

Unending joy will crown them, ⁵ 

happiness and joy will overwhelm ⁶  them;

grief and suffering will disappear. ⁷ 

[25:9]  ¹ tn Heb “and one will say in that day.”

[25:9]  ² tn Heb “this [one].”

[25:9]  ³ tn Heb “this [one].”

[35:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the redeemed will walk, the ransomed of the Lord will return.”

[35:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “[will be] on their head[s].” “Joy” may be likened here to a crown (cf. 2 Sam 1:10). The statement may also be an ironic twist on the idiom “earth/dust on the head” (cf. 2 Sam 1:2; 13:19; 15:32; Job 2:12), referring to a mourning practice.

[35:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “will overtake” (NIV); NLT “they will be overcome with.”

[35:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “grief and groaning will flee”; KJV “sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”