the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, expressions setting forth the happiness of a people living in peace and security, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good, for His mercy endureth forever, the words of Psalms 136:1, which were actually used by the Jews at the time of the restoration, Ezra 3:11; and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, reversing it, so that it no longer exists, as at the first, saith the Lord, so that the people of Judah would again be His free people, as He had intended it from the beginning.

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