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But be you glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
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A Joy That Lasts Forever
Commentators emphasize that the joy God creates is not a temporary feeling but a permanent state of being. This gladness is both a command to believers and a natural result of what God creates. As Albert Barnes notes, this is not a fleeting happiness but an enduring joy rooted in the hope of eternal life. John Calvin adds that this joy is so profound it should be our lifelong response to God's gift of redemption.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But be ye glad and rejoice — (See the notes at Isaiah 51:11).
Forever — It is not to be momentary happiness, like a b…
19th Century
Anglican
I create Jerusalem ... — From the prophet’s standpoint, as elsewhere, both in 1 and 2 Isaiah, the earthly city, transform…
16th Century
Protestant
But rejoice ye and be glad for ever. He exhorts believers to rejoice, as they should, because of such a benefit bestowed by God. This was …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But be glad, and rejoice for ever in that which I create , &c.] This may refer either to persons converted, both at …
In the grace and comfort believers have in and from Christ, we are to look for this new heaven and new earth. The former confusions, sins and miser…
13th Century
Catholic
They have sought me. Here the judge, God, gives the sentence of separation between the wicked and the good regarding the recepti…
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