King James Version
Isaiah 52:9 in the King James Version says “Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redee...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 52 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.”
Isaiah 52:9 · KJV
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
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“sing”
H7442properly, to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e., to shout (usually for joy)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“hath comforted”
H5162properly, to sigh, i.e., breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e., (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavo
“for the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“his people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“he hath redeemed”
H1350to redeem (according to the middle eastern law of kinship), i.e., to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his wido
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