48 Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
    will shout(A) for joy over Babylon,
for out of the north(B)
    destroyers(C) will attack her,”
declares the Lord.

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48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the Lord.

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15 All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;(A)
they scoff(B) and shake their heads(C)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:(D)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,(E)
    the joy of the whole earth?”(F)

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15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

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15 Joy is gone from our hearts;
    our dancing has turned to mourning.(A)

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15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

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Doom has come upon you,
    upon you who dwell in the land.
The time has come! The day(A) is near!(B)
    There is panic, not joy, on the mountains.

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The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.

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25 “And you, son of man, on the day I take away their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes,(A) their heart’s desire,(B) and their sons and daughters(C) as well—

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25 Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,

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12 The vine is dried up
    and the fig tree is withered;(A)
the pomegranate,(B) the palm and the apple[a] tree—
    all the trees of the field—are dried up.(C)
Surely the people’s joy
    is withered away.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:12 Or possibly apricot

12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

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16 Has not the food been cut off(A)
    before our very eyes—
joy and gladness(B)
    from the house of our God?(C)

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16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

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20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

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20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

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The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl

44 “The kingdom of heaven is like(A) treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.(B)

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44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

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So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

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And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

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16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

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16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

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14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth,(A)

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14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

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44 As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

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44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

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