Isaiah 66:13
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13 As a mother comforts her child,
so I will comfort you;
you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.(A)
2 Corinthians 1:4
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4 who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God.
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1 Thessalonians 2:7
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7 though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle[a] among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children.
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- 2.7 Other ancient authorities read infants
Isaiah 51:3
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3 For the Lord will comfort Zion;
he will comfort all her waste places
and will make her wilderness like Eden,
her desert like the garden of the Lord;
joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and the voice of song.(A)
Isaiah 40:1
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Isaiah 66:10
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10 Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,
all you who love her;
rejoice with her in joy,
all you who mourn over her—(A)
Psalm 137:6
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6 Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
above my highest joy.(A)
Isaiah 65:18-19
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18 But be glad and rejoice forever
in what I am creating,
for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy
and its people as a delight.(A)
19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem
and delight in my people;
no more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it
or the cry of distress.(B)
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