Isaiah 51:3
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“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.”
תּוֹדָה
Thanksgiving, praise. Towdah. Enter His gates with towdah. Gratitude is the language of the kingdom. It acknowledges that everything good comes from God.
מָצָא
it will be found
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מָצָא
To find, to discover, to encounter. Matsa. God is findable. He is not playing hide and seek. He actively reveals Himself to genuine seekers.
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מִדְבָּר
wilderness/ its
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מִדְבָּר
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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נָחַם
he will comfort
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נָחַם
To comfort, to console. Nacham. God's comfort is not distant advice but personal presence in the pain.
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זִמְרָה
music
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זִמְרָה
a musical piece or song to be accompanied by an instrument
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צִיּוֹן
Zion
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צִיּוֹן
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
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חׇרְבָּה
waste places/ its
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חׇרְבָּה
properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation
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שָׂשׂוֹן
joy
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שָׂשׂוֹן
cheerfulness; specifically, welcome
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