Isaiah 9:3

New Century Version

God, you have caused the nation to grow and made the people happy. And they have shown their happiness to you, like the joy during harvest time, like the joy of people taking what they have won in war.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:23

You made their children as many as the stars in the sky, and you brought them into the land that you told their ancestors to enter and take over.

Job 12:23

He makes nations great and then destroys them; he makes nations large and then scatters them.

Psalm 107:38

God blessed them, and they grew in number. Their cattle did not become fewer.

Psalm 119:162

I am as happy over your promises as if I had found a great treasure.

Psalm 4:7

But you have made me very happy, happier than they are, even with all their grain and new wine.

Isaiah 10:26

Then the Lord All-Powerful will beat the Assyrians with a whip as he defeated Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise his stick over the waters as he did in Egypt.

Isaiah 12:1

At that time you will say: “I praise you, Lord! You were angry with me, but you are not angry with me now! You have comforted me.

Isaiah 14:5

The Lord has broken the scepter of evil rulers and taken away their power.

Isaiah 25:9

At that time people will say, “Our God is doing this! We have waited for him, and he has come to save us. This is the Lord. We waited for him, so we will rejoice and be happy when he saves us.”

Isaiah 26:15

Lord, you multiplied the number of your people; you multiplied them and brought honor to yourself. You made the borders of the land wide.

Isaiah 35:10

the people the Lord has freed will return there. They will enter Jerusalem with joy, and their happiness will last forever. Their gladness and joy will fill them completely, and sorrow and sadness will go far away.

Isaiah 35:2

it will have many blooms. It will show its happiness, as if it were shouting with joy. It will be beautiful like the forest of Lebanon, as beautiful as the hill of Carmel and the Plain of Sharon. Everyone will see the glory of the Lord and the splendor of our God.

Isaiah 54:1

The Lord says, “Sing, Jerusalem. You are like a woman who never gave birth to children. Start singing and shout for joy. You never felt the pain of giving birth, but you will have more children than the woman who has a husband.

Isaiah 55:12

“So you will go out with joy and be led out in peace. The mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees in the fields will clap their hands.

Isaiah 61:10

The Lord makes me very happy; all that I am rejoices in my God. He has covered me with clothes of salvation and wrapped me with a coat of goodness, like a bridegroom dressed for his wedding, like a bride dressed in jewels.

Isaiah 61:7

Instead of being ashamed, my people will receive twice as much wealth. Instead of being disgraced, they will be happy because of what they receive. They will receive a double share of the land, so their happiness will continue forever.

Isaiah 65:14

My servants will shout for joy because of the goodness of their hearts, but you evil people will cry, because you will be sad. You will cry loudly, because your spirits will be broken.

Isaiah 65:18

My people will be happy forever because of the things I will make. I will make a Jerusalem that is full of joy, and I will make her people a delight.

Isaiah 66:10

“Jerusalem, rejoice. All you people who love Jerusalem, be happy. Those of you who felt sad for Jerusalem should now feel happy with her.

Jeremiah 31:7

This is what the Lord says: “Be happy and sing for the people of Jacob. Shout for Israel, the greatest of the nations. Sing your praises and shout this: ‘Lord, save your people, those who are left alive from the nation of Israel!’

Hosea 4:7

The more priests there are, the more they sin against me. I will take away their honor and give them shame.

Leviticus 26:13

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, where you were slaves. I broke the heavy weights that were on your shoulders and let you walk proudly again.

Zechariah 10:8

I will call my people and gather them together. I will save them, and they will grow in number as they grew in number before.

Zechariah 2:11

“At that time people from many nations will join with the Lord and will become my people. Then I will live among you, and you will know that the Lord All-Powerful has sent me to you.

Zechariah 8:23

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “At that time, ten men from different countries will come and take hold of a Judean by his coat. They will say to him, ‘Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.’ ”

Luke 11:22

But when someone stronger comes and defeats him, the stronger one will take away the weapons the first man trusted and will give away the possessions.

Acts 8:8

So the people in that city were very happy.

Philippians 4:4

Be full of joy in the Lord always. I will say again, be full of joy.

1 Peter 1:8

You have not seen Christ, but still you love him. You cannot see him now, but you believe in him. So you are filled with a joy that cannot be explained, a joy full of glory.

Judges 5:3

Listen, kings. Pay attention, rulers! I myself will sing to the Lord. I will make music to the Lord, the God of Israel.

Judges 7:22

When Gideon’s three hundred men blew their trumpets, the Lord made all the Midianites fight each other with their swords! The enemy army ran away to the city of Beth Shittah toward Zererah. They ran as far as the border of Abel Meholah, near the city of Tabbath.

Judges 8:12

Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian, ran away, but Gideon chased and captured them and frightened away their army.

1 Samuel 30:16

So the Egyptian led David to the Amalekites. They were lying around on the ground, eating and drinking and celebrating with the things they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah.