Isaiah 65:19

19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad about my people. No one will ever hear the sound of weeping or crying in it again.

Isaiah 65:19 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 65:19

And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people
God himself rejoices in his people, as they are considered in Christ; so he did from all eternity, and so he does at the conversion of them; which is the day of their espousals, and when he manifests his love to them, and rejoices over them to do them good, and continues to do so; and he rejoices in the exercise of his own grace in them, and will do so throughout the New Jerusalem state, and to all eternity. This seems chiefly to respect the time of the Jews' conversion, and the latter day glory; and will have its most complete accomplishment when the tabernacle of God shall be with men, and he shall dwell among them. ( Revelation 20:3 ) , and then what follows will be perfectly fulfilled, and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice
of crying;
either on account of outward afflictions and persecutions; or on account of inward darkness, desertion, and temptation, or the prevalence of corruptions, ( Revelation 21:4 ) .

Isaiah 65:19 In-Context

17 Look! I'm creating a new heaven and a new earth: past events won't be remembered; they won't come to mind.

18 Be glad and rejoice forever in what I'm creating, because I'm creating Jerusalem as a joy and her people as a source of gladness.

19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad about my people. No one will ever hear the sound of weeping or crying in it again.

20 No more will babies live only a few days, or the old fail to live out their days. The one who dies at a hundred will be like a young person, and the one falling short of a hundred will seem cursed.

21 They will build houses and live in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.