The voice of joyand the voice of gladnesswill be done away with.
(Jeremiah 7 : 34 ; 25 : 10 )The fast of the tenth will be joyand gladnessfor the house of Judah.
(Zechariah 8 : 19 )Be gladabout Jerusalem; rejoicein it. (Isaiah 66 : 10 )
Rejoiceand be glad,daughter of Edom. (Lamentations 4 : 21 )The heavens will be gladand the earth will rejoice.(Psalms 96 : 11 )They will make me hear joyand gladness.(Psalms 51 : 8 )Joyand gladnesswill be found in Zion, thanksgiving and the voice of
singing. (Isaiah 51 : 3 )There will be gladness,and many will rejoiceover his birth. (Luke 1 : 14 )
I will stop the voice of joyand the voice of gladness,the voice of the
groom and the voice of the bride. (Jeremiah 7 : 34 ; 16 : 9 ; 25 : 10 )In this place the voice of joyand the voice of gladnesswill be heard
again, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride. (Jeremiah
33 : 10 , 11 )This pair of expressions also occurs elsewhere.
Both joy and gladness are mentioned because joy applies to goodness
and gladness applies to truth. Joy relates to love; gladness relates to wis-
dom. Joy relates to the heart; gladness relates to the spirit. Joy relates to
the will; gladness relates to the intellect.
The marriage between the Lord and the church is obviously meant
here when it mentions the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice
of the groom and the voice of the bride (Jeremiah 7 : 34 ; 16 : 9 ; 25 : 10 ; 33 : 10 ,
11 ). The Lord is the bridegroom and the church is the bride. For the Lord
as the bridegroom, see Matthew 9 : 15 ; Mark 2 : 19 , 20 ; Luke 5 : 34 , 35. For the
church as the bride, see Revelation 21 : 2 , 9 ; 22 : 17. Therefore John the Bap-
tist said of Jesus, “The One who has the bride is the groom” (John 3 : 29 ).
Due to the marriage of divine goodness and divine truth in the indi- 253
vidual details in the Word, many passages mention both “Jehovah” and
“God,” or both “Jehovah” and “the Holy One of Israel,” as if they were
two, when in fact they are one. “Jehovah” means the Lord’s divine good-
ness that comes from divine love. “God” and “the Holy One of Israel”
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