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.
Ver. 10. And the ransomed of the Lord.] Those happy ones. Deu 33:29
Shall return.] To the Lord, from whom they had deeply revolted.
With songs.] As they were wont to do in their sacred solemnities.
And everlasting joy upon their heads.] As an unfadeable crown; 1Pe 1:5 ; 1Pe 5:4 they shall pass from the jaws of death to the joys of heaven. a
Joy and gladness,] i.e., Outward and inward, say some.
And sorrow and sighing.] Their joys shall be sincere and constant.
a Tantum gaudebimus quantum amabimus. Tantum amabimus quantum cognoscemus. - Aug.