Let Judah Rejoice in This Glorious News

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Lyrics from A Collection of Sacred Hymns for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, 1840

Hymn 257
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1. Let Judah rejoice in this glorious news,
For the sound of glad tidings will soon reach the Jews,
And save them far, far from oppression and fear,
And deliv'rance proclaim to their sons far and near.

2. Long, long thou hast wandered an exile forlorn,
And all that have seen thee have laughed thee to scorn;
Thou nought but affliction and sorrow hast seen;
Heart-rending and cheerless thy pathway has been.

3. In vain 'midst the nations for friends didst thou seek,
They have robbed thee and spoiled thee because thou wast weak.
No bosom has pitied, no friend has been near
Thy woe-stricken spirit to comfort and cheer.

4. But the days of thy mourning are near at an end,
When Messiah will come, thy Redeemer and Friend,
And cheer thee, and bless thee, and dry up thy tears,
And calm thy sad bosom, and chase all thy fears.

5. When Messiah, the sure hope of Israel, will come,
And from islands and continents gather thee home,
Whom thy fathers rejected thy Saviour shall be,
And will strike off thy fetters and bid thee be free.

6. Thou shalt from affliction for ever be free;
The sons of oppressors shall bow down to thee.
Ten men shall take hold of the skirt of the Jew,
And say, With you we'll go, for Jehovah's with you.

7. And Israel shall come from his place of retreat,
And shall worship Messiah, and bow at his feet;
And all Abra'm's seed from the nations shall come,
And shall find in the land of their fathers a home.

8. As the sea was once severed by Moses's rod,
So again thou shalt witness the power of thy God;
Thy Moses shall speak and the waters shall flow,
And thy tribes on dry land shall in glory pass through.

9. Thou shalt build, thou shalt plant, and inhabit, and eat,
And thy soul shall be fed on the finest of wheat;
In the valley of Achor thy herds shall lie down;
Thou shalt be 'midst the nations a plant of renown.

10. Thy olive shall flourish, thy fig trees shall grow,
And with wine, milk, and honey thy mountains shall flow;
'Neath the fig tree and vine, in their cool spreading shade,
Thou shalt worship thy God, and none make thee afraid.

11. Thy Messiah will come, and his right will maintain,
And o'er thee and all nations in majesty reign;
Thou shalt with his presence for ever be blest,
And from pain, grief, and sorrow eternally rest.