Isaiah 42:11

Translations

Modern

Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.

Traditional

Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

Literal

Let the wilderness and its cities lift up, the villages where Kedar dwells; let those dwelling in Sela sing; let them shout from the top of the mountains.

Latin

Sublevetur desertum et civitates ejus. In domibus habitabit Cedar: laudate, habitatores petræ; de vertice montium clamabunt.

Original

Hebrew

English

Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.

Notes

Isaiah 42:10–11

Different geographical regions show the extremes of where people live. The entire earth is invited to praise God for his promise to save humanity.
Kedar and Sela were examples of desert locations (Isaiah 42:11; see also 16:1; 21:16–17).

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Isaiah 32:16
Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
Isaiah 60:7
All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.
Psalm 72:8–10
May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
Isaiah 41:18–19
I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.
Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
Isaiah 16:1
Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.
Psalm 120:5
Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
Isaiah 21:16
For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.
Isaiah 35:6
Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
Nahum 1:15
Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.
Genesis 25:23
…and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
Jeremiah 21:13
Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”

Parallels

Psalm 98:1–9 Psalm 149:1–9

People

Kedar: A son of Ishmael and a nomadic tribe

Places

Sela: Edomite stronghold captured by King Amaziah of Judah

Glossary

Book of Baruch Church Isaiah, Book of Kedar New Creation, New Creature Ransom Wilderness

Topics

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Isaiah 42:11

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