Return to Zion

Isaiah 51:11
The ransomed of the LORD will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

The image here is one of victory. The Lord leads the train of captives set free, prisoners ransomed, lost people found, hurting people healed. Their sorrow is turned to joy and their sighing turns to singing. As they enter Jerusalem, they are crowned and restored to their proper identities as children of the king. The walls are strong and the gates are majestic and their security is everlasting. They are fully, irrevocably and eternally ransomed.
This is the promise for all who call upon the Lord.
I can't wait to be in this processional.