Praise G-d! "Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away." **Isaiah 51:11**
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Isaiah 51:11
Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Jeremiah 31:12-14
They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will rejoice in the bounty of the LORD, the grain, the new wine and the oil, the young of the flocks and herds. They will be like a well-watered garden, and they will sorrow no more. Then maidens will dance and be glad, young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning into gladness;
I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.
I will satisfy the priests with abundance, and my people will be filled with my bounty," declares the LORD.
Isaiah 35:10
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.
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I went to Jerusalem in 1998 and played guitar and sang songs like "Back in the USSR" on the streets of downtown Jerusalem at the Ben Yehuda Marketplace. It was Sukkot, and the Hebrew word most on my lips was "Simcha" which translated means "Joy".
I came singing back to Jerusalem with Joy.
Lyrics
Singing Hallelujah Singing Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Exiles returning
Singin back to Zion
With Joy upon their heads
Hallelujah
Sorrow and mourning
finally got the warning
that Joy is here to stay
Hallelujah
I sang in Jerusalem
Simcha in Hebrew
means Joy Joy Joy
Hallelujah