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For the LORD comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/49.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Sing for joy, O heavens! Rejoice, O earth! Burst into song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on them in their suffering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/49.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/49.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/49.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/49.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Sing, O heavens! Be joyful, O earth! And break out in singing, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, And will have mercy on His afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/49.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Shout for joy, you heavens! And rejoice, you earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people And will have compassion on His afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/49.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people And will have compassion on His afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/49.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, And will have compassion on His afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/49.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains! For Yahweh has comforted His people And will have compassion on His afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/49.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Shout for joy, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth, And break forth into singing, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people And will have compassion on His afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/49.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Shout for joy, you heavens! Earth, rejoice! Mountains break into joyful shouts! For the LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/49.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Shout for joy, you heavens! Earth, rejoice! Mountains break into joyful shouts! For the LORD has comforted His people, and will have compassion on His afflicted ones. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/49.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have compassion upon his afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/49.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Tell the heavens and the earth to celebrate and sing; command every mountain to join in the song. The LORD's people have suffered, but he has shown mercy and given them comfort. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/49.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have compassion upon his afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/49.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Sing with joy, you heavens! Rejoice, you earth! Break into shouts of joy, you mountains! The LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on his humble people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/49.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Sing, heavens! Shout for joy, earth! Let the mountains burst into song! The LORD will comfort his people; he will have pity on his suffering people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/49.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Shout with joy, you heavens, and rock with glee, you earth! Break out in song, you mountains! The LORD is comforting his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/49.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/49.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Shout for joy, O sky! Rejoice, O earth! Let the mountains give a joyful shout! For the LORD consoles his people and shows compassion to the oppressed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/49.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break forth into singing, mountains: for the LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/49.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/49.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains! For Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/49.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Sing, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth, "" And break forth, O mountains, with singing, "" For YHWH has comforted His people, "" And He pities His afflicted ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/49.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Sing, O heavens, and joy, O earth, And break forth, O mountains, with singing, For comforted hath Jehovah His people, And His afflicted ones He doth pity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/49.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Shout, ye heavens, and rejoice thou earth; and the mountains shall break forth with shouting: for Jehovah comforted his people and he will pity his afflicted.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/49.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Give praise, O ye heavens, and rejoice, O earth, ye mountains, give praise with jubilation: because the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy on his poor ones. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/49.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Give praise, O heavens! And exult, O earth! Let the mountains give praise with jubilation! For the Lord has consoled his people, and he will take pity on his poor ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/49.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Sing out, heavens, and rejoice, earth, break forth into song, you mountains, For the LORD comforts his people and shows mercy to his afflicted. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/49.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his suffering ones.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/49.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth, and break forth into singing, O mountains; for the LORD has comforted his people and will have mercy upon his afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/49.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Sing, Oh Heavens and dance, Oh Earth! Celebrate, oh mountains, in song, because LORD JEHOVAH has comforted his people and loves on his afflicted ones!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/49.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth, And break forth into singing, O mountains; For the LORD hath comforted His people, And hath compassion upon His afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/49.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Rejoice, ye heavens; and let the earth be glad: let the mountains break forth <i>with</i> joy; for the Lard has had mercy on his people, and has comforted the lowly ones of his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/49-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=11061" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/49.htm">You are My Servant</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.” <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7442.htm" title="7442: rān·nū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To give a ringing cry. A primitive root; properly, to creak, i.e. To shout.">Shout for joy,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: šā·ma·yim (N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">O heavens;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1523.htm" title="1523: wə·ḡî·lî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- To rejoice. Or guwl; a primitive root; properly, to spin round, i.e. Usually rejoice, or fear.">rejoice,</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ā·reṣ (N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">O earth;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6476.htm" title="6476: yip̄·ṣə·ḥū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To cause to break or burst forth, break forth with. A primitive root; to break out.">break forth</a> <a href="/hebrew/7440.htm" title="7440: rin·nāh (N-fs) -- A ringing cry. From ranan; properly, a creaking, i.e. Shout.">in song,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·rîm (N-mp) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">O mountains!</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/5162.htm" title="5162: ni·ḥam (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. Breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. to pity, console or rue; or to avenge.">has comforted</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">His people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7355.htm" title="7355: yə·ra·ḥêm (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- To love, have compassion. A primitive root; to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate.">and He will have compassion</a> <a href="/hebrew/6041.htm" title="6041: wa·‘ă·nî·yāw (Conj-w:: Adj-mpc:: 3ms) -- Poor, afflicted, humble. From anah; depressed, in mind or circumstances.">on His afflicted ones.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-23.htm">Isaiah 44:23</a></span><br />Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/52-9.htm">Isaiah 52:9</a></span><br />Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-12.htm">Isaiah 55:12</a></span><br />You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/35-10.htm">Isaiah 35:10</a></span><br />So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Isaiah 61:10</a></span><br />I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-7.htm">Isaiah 14:7</a></span><br />All the earth is at peace and at rest; they break out in song.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-10.htm">Isaiah 42:10-12</a></span><br />Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them. / Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops. / Let them give glory to the LORD and declare His praise in the islands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/96-11.htm">Psalm 96:11-13</a></span><br />Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it. / Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy / before the LORD, for He is coming—He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/98-4.htm">Psalm 98:4-9</a></span><br />Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises! / Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp. / With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/126-2.htm">Psalm 126:2-3</a></span><br />Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” / The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Jeremiah 31:7</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-14.htm">Zephaniah 3:14-17</a></span><br />Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem! / The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm. / On that day they will say to Jerusalem: “Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands fall limp. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-1.htm">Revelation 19:1-6</a></span><br />After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God! / For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.” / And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a></span><br />‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/2-10.htm">Luke 2:10-14</a></span><br />But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people: / Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord! / And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD has comforted his people, and will have mercy on his afflicted.</p><p class="hdg">O heavens</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/42-10.htm">Isaiah 42:10,11</a></b></br> Sing unto the LORD a new song, <i>and</i> his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/44-23.htm">Isaiah 44:23</a></b></br> Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done <i>it</i>: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/52-9.htm">Isaiah 52:9</a></b></br> Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.</p><p class="hdg">the Lord</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/12-1.htm">Isaiah 12:1</a></b></br> And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/40-1.htm">Isaiah 40:1,2</a></b></br> Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/51-3.htm">Isaiah 51:3</a></b></br> For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/41-17.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-2.htm">Break</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-2.htm">Burst</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-1.htm">Comfort</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-4.htm">Comforted</a> <a href="/psalms/94-19.htm">Comforts</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-10.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-8.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-9.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-13.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-23.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-20.htm">Joyful</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-10.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-11.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-14.htm">Rejoice</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-23.htm">Shout</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-20.htm">Shouting</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-23.htm">Sing</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-20.htm">Singing</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-10.htm">Song</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-14.htm">Sounds</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/51-21.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-9.htm">Break</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-9.htm">Burst</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-3.htm">Comfort</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-3.htm">Comforted</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-12.htm">Comforts</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-15.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-23.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-17.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-3.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-3.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-11.htm">Joyful</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-8.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-7.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-8.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-5.htm">Rejoice</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-8.htm">Shout</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-11.htm">Shouting</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-8.htm">Sing</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-11.htm">Singing</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-8.htm">Song</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-11.htm">Sounds</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 49</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/49-1.htm">Christ being sent to the Jews, complains of them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/49-5.htm">He is sent to the Gentiles with gracious promises</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/49-13.htm">God's love is perpetual to his church</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/49-18.htm">The ample restoration of the church</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/49-24.htm">The powerful deliverance out of captivity</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical literature, the heavens often symbolize the spiritual realm or God's dwelling place. This call to the heavens suggests that the events being described have divine significance and are worthy of universal acknowledgment. The heavens rejoicing is a theme seen in other scriptures, such as <a href="/psalms/96-11.htm">Psalm 96:11</a>, where creation is called to praise God.<p><b>rejoice, O earth;</b><br>The earth is invited to join in the celebration, emphasizing the inclusivity of God's redemptive acts. This reflects the biblical theme of creation responding to God's actions, as seen in <a href="/psalms/98-4.htm">Psalm 98:4-9</a>. The earth's rejoicing signifies the restoration and renewal that God's intervention brings to the world.<p><b>break forth in song, O mountains!</b><br>Mountains, often seen as symbols of strength and permanence, are called to sing. This imagery suggests that even the most enduring parts of creation recognize and respond to God's mighty works. Mountains are frequently mentioned in scripture as places of revelation and divine encounter, such as Mount Sinai (Exodus 19) and the Mount of Transfiguration (<a href="/matthew/17.htm">Matthew 17:1-9</a>).<p><b>For the LORD has comforted His people,</b><br>This phrase highlights God's role as a comforter, a recurring theme in Isaiah. The comfort mentioned here is both immediate and eschatological, pointing to God's deliverance of Israel from exile and the ultimate comfort found in the Messiah. <a href="/isaiah/40.htm">Isaiah 40:1-2</a> also speaks of God's comfort to His people, promising forgiveness and restoration.<p><b>and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.</b><br>God's compassion is a central aspect of His character, as seen throughout scripture. This promise of compassion is directed towards those who are suffering, indicating God's awareness and care for the marginalized and oppressed. The Hebrew word for compassion here is often associated with a deep, parental love, reflecting God's intimate care for His people. This compassion is ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who embodies God's mercy and love for humanity, as seen in passages like <a href="/matthew/9-36.htm">Matthew 9:36</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who is the source of comfort and compassion.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/heavens,_earth,_and_mountains.htm">Heavens, Earth, and Mountains</a></b><br>These elements of creation are called to rejoice, symbolizing the universal scope of God's redemptive work.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/his_people.htm">His People (Israel)</a></b><br>The nation of Israel, who are the recipients of God's comfort and compassion.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_afflicted_ones.htm">The Afflicted Ones</a></b><br>Those among God's people who are suffering or in distress, whom God promises to comfort.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet through whom God delivers this message of hope and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_universal_call_to_rejoice.htm">God's Universal Call to Rejoice</a></b><br>The call for the heavens, earth, and mountains to rejoice highlights the universal nature of God's salvation. As believers, we are invited to join in this cosmic celebration of God's redemptive work.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_source_of_true_comfort.htm">The Source of True Comfort</a></b><br>True comfort comes from the LORD. In times of distress, we should turn to God, who promises to comfort and have compassion on us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/compassion_for_the_afflicted.htm">Compassion for the Afflicted</a></b><br>As recipients of God's compassion, we are called to extend compassion to others, especially those who are afflicted or suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_promises.htm">Hope in God's Promises</a></b><br>This verse reminds us of the hope we have in God's promises. No matter our current circumstances, we can trust in His faithfulness to bring comfort and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/creation's_response_to_redemption.htm">Creation's Response to Redemption</a></b><br>The joy of creation in response to God's actions serves as a model for our own response to His work in our lives. We should live in a state of gratitude and praise.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/49.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">Sing, O heavens.</span>--As in <a href="/isaiah/44-23.htm" title="Sing, O you heavens; for the LORD has done it: shout, you lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.">Isaiah 44:23</a>, all nature is invited to join in the chorus of praise for the deliverance of Israel.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/49.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 13-26.</span> - ZION COMFORTED IN HER DESPONDENCY. While the future is thus glorious, both for the "Servant of the Lord" and for his people Israel, the present is gloom and misery. Zion - not here the city, but the people of God - desponds and says, "Jehovah has forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me" (ver. 14). This burst of grief, though arising from weakness of faith, is forgiven by the compassion of God, and "afflicted" Israel is "comforted" and consoled through the remainder of the chapter (vers. 15-26). <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Sing, O heavens</span> (comp. <a href="/isaiah/44-23.htm">Isaiah 44:23</a>). Heaven and earth are called upon to rejoice and "break forth into singing" <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> because of the glory that awaits the Redeemer (vers. 5-12); and <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> because of the gracious intentions of God with respect to Israel (vers. 16-26). <span class="cmt_word">O mountains</span> The majesty of mountains seems to have deeply impressed Isaiah. Throughout his writings they are continually introduced as the grandest of the works of God (comp. <a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2, 14</a>; <a href="/isaiah/5-25.htm">Isaiah 5:25</a>; <a href="/isaiah/13-4.htm">Isaiah 13:4</a>; <a href="/isaiah/14-25.htm">Isaiah 14:25</a>; <a href="/isaiah/22-5.htm">Isaiah 22:5</a>; <a href="/isaiah/30-25.htm">Isaiah 30:25</a>; <a href="/isaiah/34-3.htm">Isaiah 34:3</a>; <a href="/isaiah/37-24.htm">Isaiah 37:24</a>; <a href="/isaiah/40-4.htm">Isaiah 40:4, 9, 12</a>; <a href="/isaiah/41-15.htm">Isaiah 41:15</a>; <a href="/isaiah/42-11.htm">Isaiah 42:11, 15</a>, etc.). He expects them to be especially ready to sympathize with man. Such a feeling would be natural to one accustomed to the hill-country of Palestine and the lofty heights of Hermon and Lebanon, but could scarcely have been developed in an exile of the time of Cyrus, born and brought up in the dead level of Babylonia. <span class="cmt_word">Hath</span> <span class="cmt_word">comforted... will have mercy.</span> Both verbs designate the same action, which is really future, but in God's counsels is already accomplished. The perfect is thus, once more, that of prophetic certitude. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/49-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Shout for joy,</span><br /><span class="heb">רָנּ֤וּ</span> <span class="translit">(rān·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7442.htm">Strong's 7442: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give a ringing cry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O heavens;</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁמַ֙יִם֙</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaven, sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">rejoice,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגִ֣ילִי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡî·lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1523.htm">Strong's 1523: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spin round, rejoice, fear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O earth;</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֔רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">break</span><br /><span class="heb">וּפִצְח֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·p̄iṣ·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6476.htm">Strong's 6476: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cause to break or burst forth, break forth with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into joyful song,</span><br /><span class="heb">רִנָּ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(rin·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7440.htm">Strong's 7440: </a> </span><span class="str2">A creaking, shout</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O mountains!</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has comforted</span><br /><span class="heb">נִחַ֤ם</span> <span class="translit">(ni·ḥam)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5162.htm">Strong's 5162: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His people,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמּ֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and He will have compassion</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרַחֵֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ra·ḥêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7355.htm">Strong's 7355: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fondle, to love, to compassionate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on His afflicted ones.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַעֲנִיָּ֖ו</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·nî·yāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6041.htm">Strong's 6041: </a> </span><span class="str2">Poor, afflicted, humble</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/49-13.htm">Isaiah 49:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/49-13.htm">Isaiah 49:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/49-13.htm">Isaiah 49:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/49-13.htm">Isaiah 49:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/49-13.htm">Isaiah 49:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/49-13.htm">Isaiah 49:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/49-13.htm">Isaiah 49:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/49-13.htm">Isaiah 49:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/49-13.htm">Isaiah 49:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/49-13.htm">Isaiah 49:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/49-13.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 49:13 Sing heavens (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/49-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 49:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 49:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/49-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 49:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 49:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>