Quotes About Celebration

Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”

All the earth is at peace and at rest; they break out in song.

They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!

But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.

They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.

They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they proclaim the majesty of the LORD.

On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.

In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.

Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.

You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.

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.

Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.

Let them give glory to the LORD and declare His praise in the islands.

Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.

Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.

Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.

“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.

You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”

I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

For those who harvest grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather grapes will drink the wine in My holy courts.”