And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
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Gill's Exposition
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return,.... The same with the "redeemed" in Isa 35:9 these shall return, or be converted, as the Vulgate Latin version; they are in the same state and condition with…
Barnes' Notes
And the ransomed of the Lord - The word rendered here ‘ransomed,’ is different from the word rendered ‘redeemed’ in Isa 35:9. This word is פדוּיי pedûyēy from פדה pâdâh; though it is not easy,…
"Then, when your God shall come, even Christ, to set up his kingdom in the world, to which all the prophets bore witness, especially towards the conclusion of their prophecies of the temporal…
Cambridge Bible
The verse is found verbatim in ch. Isa 51:11. Cf. also Isa 51:3; Isa 61:7.
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads See ch. Isa 61:3 "a garland for ashes" (R.V.).
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