Isaiah 35:1-10 is one of this week’s Advent readings. The redeemed of the Lord shall walk on the Way of Holiness into Zion…
“And the ransomed of the Lord shall return / and come into Zion with singing; / everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; / they shall obtain gladness and joy, / and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”
This world only affords an alloyed felicity, joy mingled with sorrow, singing mixed with sighing. But in Zion, gladness and joy will be undiminished because sorrow and sighing flee away, leaving only purified blessedness for those ransomed by God.