Isaiah 61:2

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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.

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Jeremiah 31:13 in all English translations

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

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¹⁶Now 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, ¹⁷comfort your hearts and ^(C)establish them in every good work and word.

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1 Thessalonians 2:16

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¹⁶^(A)by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always ^(B)to fill up the measure of their sins. But ^(C)wrath has come upon them at last!^[a]

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1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or completely, or forever

1 Thessalonians 2:16 in all English translations

2 Corinthians 1:4-5

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⁴^(A)who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. ⁵For as we share abundantly in ^(B)Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.^[a]

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2 Corinthians 1:5 Or For as the sufferings of Christ abound for us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ

John 16:20-22

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²⁰Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(A)you will weep and lament, but ^(B)the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but ^(C)your sorrow will turn into joy. ²¹^(D)When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. ²²^(E)So also you have sorrow now, but ^(F)I will see you again, and ^(G)your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

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Luke 21:22-24

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²²for these are ^(A)days of ^(B)vengeance, to fulfill ^(C)all that is written. ²³^(D)Alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress upon the earth and ^(E)wrath against this people. ²⁴They will fall by the edge of the sword and ^(F)be led captive among all nations, and ^(G)Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, ^(H)until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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Luke 7:44-50

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⁴⁴Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; ^(A)you gave me no water for my feet, but ^(B)she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. ⁴⁵^(C)You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to ^(D)kiss my feet. ⁴⁶^(E)You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. ⁴⁷Therefore I tell you, her sins, ^(F)which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.” ⁴⁸And he said to her, ^(G)“Your sins are forgiven.” ⁴⁹Then those who were at table with him began to say among^[a] themselves, ^(H)“Who is this, who even forgives sins?” ⁵⁰And he said to the woman, ^(I)“Your faith has saved you; ^(J)go in peace.”

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Luke 7:49 Or to

Malachi 4:1-3

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The Great Day of the Lord

4 ^[a] “For behold, ^(A)the day is coming, ^(B)burning like an oven, when ^(C)all the arrogant and ^(D)all evildoers ^(E)will be stubble. The day that is coming ^(F)shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. ²But for you ^(G)who fear my name, ^(H)the sun ^(I)of righteousness shall rise ^(J)with healing in its wings. You shall go out ^(K)leaping like calves from the stall. ³And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, ^(L)on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.