“Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.”
The servants will sing for joy of heart but the unfaithful will cry out from anguish of spirit, breaking forth with a cry of despair. The emotional polarization—joy versus anguish, singing versus despair—articulates the eschatological emotional landscape. The specific mention of breaking forth suggests involuntary, overwhelming despair. The verse visualizes the eschatological divide: the faithful experience beatific joy while the unfaithful experience unbearable despair. The contrast appeals to existential experience: reward and punishment are felt in the depths of being.
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