Isaiah 49:13
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13 (A)Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;
break forth, O mountains, into singing!
For the Lord (B)has comforted his people
and will have compassion on his afflicted.
Isaiah 44:23
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23 (A)Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it;
shout, O (B)depths of the earth;
break forth into singing, O mountains,
O forest, and every tree in it!
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
(C)and will be glorified[a] in Israel.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 44:23 Or will display his beauty
Isaiah 51:3
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3 For the Lord (A)comforts Zion;
he comforts all her waste places
and makes her wilderness like (B)Eden,
her desert like (C)the garden of the Lord;
(D)joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and the voice of song.
Isaiah 52:9
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9 (A)Break forth together into singing,
(B)you waste places of Jerusalem,
for (C)the Lord has comforted his people;
he has redeemed Jerusalem.
Luke 2:13-14
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Isaiah 40:1-2
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Comfort for God's People
40 (A)Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
2 (B)Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that (C)her warfare[a] is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord's hand
double for all her sins.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:2 Or hardship
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
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16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, (A)who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good (B)hope through grace, 17 comfort your hearts and (C)establish them in every good work and word.
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Isaiah 66:13-14
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13 As one whom his mother comforts,
so (A)I will comfort you;
you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
14 You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;
(B)your bones shall flourish like the grass;
and (C)the hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants,
and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.
Isaiah 12:1
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The Lord Is My Strength and My Song
12 You[a] will say (A)in that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
for though you were angry with me,
(B)your anger turned away,
that you might comfort me.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 12:1 The Hebrew for you is singular in verse 1
Psalm 96:11-13
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11 Let (A)the heavens be glad, and let (B)the earth rejoice;
let (C)the sea roar, and all that fills it;
12 let (D)the field exult, and everything in it!
Then shall all (E)the trees of the forest sing for joy
13 before the Lord, for he comes,
for he comes (F)to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness,
and the peoples in his faithfulness.
Isaiah 61:2-3
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2 (A)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor,
(B)and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn;
3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
(C)to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
(D)the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
(E)that they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, (F)that he may be glorified.[a]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:3 Or that he may display his beauty
Isaiah 55:12
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12 (A)“For you shall go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
(B)the mountains and the hills before you
shall break forth into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Isaiah 42:10-11
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Sing to the Lord a New Song
10 (A)Sing to the Lord a new song,
his praise from the end of the earth,
(B)you who go down to the sea, and all that fills it,
(C)the coastlands and their inhabitants.
11 Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice,
the villages that (D)Kedar inhabits;
let the habitants of (E)Sela sing for joy,
let them shout from the top of the mountains.
Psalm 98:4-9
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4 (A)Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
(B)break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
5 Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and the (C)sound of melody!
6 With (D)trumpets and the sound of (E)the horn
(F)make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!
7 (G)Let the sea roar, and (H)all that fills it;
(I)the world and those who dwell in it!
8 Let the rivers (J)clap their hands;
let (K)the hills sing for joy together
9 before the Lord, for he comes
to (L)judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with equity.
Revelation 7:9-12
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A Great Multitude from Every Nation
9 After this I looked, and behold, (A)a great multitude that no one could number, (B)from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, (C)clothed in white robes, with (D)palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, (E)“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and (F)the four living creatures, and they (G)fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 (H)saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
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2 Corinthians 7:6
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6 But (A)God, who comforts the downcast, (B)comforted us by the coming of Titus,
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Luke 15:10
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10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before (A)the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
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Jeremiah 31:13
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13 (A)Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old shall be merry.
(B)I will turn their mourning into joy;
I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.
Revelation 5:8-13
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8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders (A)fell down before the Lamb, (B)each holding a harp, and (C)golden bowls full of incense, (D)which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang (E)a new song, saying,
“Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for (F)you were slain, and by your blood (G)you ransomed people for God
from (H)every tribe and language and people and nation,
10 and you have made them (I)a kingdom and priests to our God,
and they shall reign on the earth.”
11 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering (J)myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice,
(K)“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and blessing!”
13 And I heard (L)every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying,
“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”
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