Jeremiah 31:9

English Standard Version

⁹^(A)With weeping they shall come,
    ^(B)and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them ^(C)walk by brooks of water,
    ^(D)in a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for ^(E)I am a father to Israel,
    and Ephraim is ^(F)my firstborn.

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Jeremiah 31:9

New International Version

⁹They will come with weeping;^(A)
    they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead^(B) them beside streams of water^(C)
    on a level^(D) path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,^(E)
    and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

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Jeremiah 3:4

English Standard Version

⁴Have you not just now ^(A)called to me,
‘My father, you are the friend of my youth—

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Jeremiah 3:4

New International Version

⁴Have you not just called to me:
‘My Father,^(A) my friend from my youth,^(B)

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Exodus 4:22

English Standard Version

²²Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, ^(A)Israel is my ^(B)firstborn son,

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Exodus 4:22

New International Version

²²Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son,^(A)

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Jeremiah 50:4

English Standard Version

⁴^(A)“In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, ^(B)the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, ^(C)weeping as they come, and they ^(D)shall seek the Lord their God.

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Jeremiah 50:4

New International Version

⁴“In those days, at that time,”
declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together^(A)
will go in tears^(B) to seek^(C) the Lord their God.

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Jeremiah 31:20

English Standard Version

²⁰^(A)Is Ephraim my dear son?
    ^(B)Is he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
    I do remember him still.
^(C)Therefore my heart^[a] yearns for him;
    I will surely have mercy on him,
declares the Lord.

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Jeremiah 31:20 Hebrew bowels

Jeremiah 31:20

New International Version

²⁰Is not Ephraim my dear son,
    the child^(A) in whom I delight?
Though I often speak against him,
    I still remember^(B) him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
    I have great compassion^(C) for him,”
declares the Lord.

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Isaiah 63:13

English Standard Version

¹³ who led them through the depths?
Like a horse in the desert,
they did not stumble.

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Isaiah 63:13

New International Version

¹³who led^(A) them through the depths?^(B)
Like a horse in open country,
they did not stumble;^(C)

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Psalm 23:2

English Standard Version

² He makes me lie down in green ^(A)pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.^[a]

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Psalm 23:2 Hebrew beside waters of rest

Psalm 23:2

New International Version

² He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,^(A)

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Matthew 6:9

English Standard Version

⁹^(A)Pray then like this:

^(B)“Our Father in heaven,
^(C)hallowed be ^(D)your name.^[a]

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Matthew 6:9 Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence

Matthew 6:9

New International Version

⁹“This, then, is how you should pray:

“‘Our Father^(A) in heaven,
hallowed be your name,

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Matthew 5:4

English Standard Version

⁴“Blessed are ^(A)those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

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Matthew 5:4

New International Version

⁴Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.^(A)

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Zechariah 12:10

English Standard Version

Him Whom They Have Pierced

¹⁰“And ^(A)I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and ^(B)pleas for mercy, so that, ^(C)when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, ^(D)they shall mourn for him, ^(E)as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.

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Zechariah 12:10

New International Version

Mourning for the One They Pierced

¹⁰“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit^[a]^(A) of grace and supplication.^(B) They will look on^[b] me, the one they have pierced,^(C) and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child,^(D) and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.^(E)

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Zechariah 12:10 Or the Spirit
Zechariah 12:10 Or to

Jeremiah 3:19

English Standard Version

¹⁹“‘I said,
    How I would set you among my sons,
and give you a pleasant land,
    a heritage most beautiful of all nations.
And I thought you would ^(A)call me, My Father,
    and would not turn from following me.

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Jeremiah 3:19

New International Version

¹⁹“I myself said,

“‘How gladly would I treat you like my children
    and give you a pleasant land,^(A)
    the most beautiful inheritance^(B) of any nation.’
I thought you would call me ‘Father’^(C)
    and not turn away from following me.

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Isaiah 64:8

English Standard Version

⁸^(A)But now, O Lord, you are our Father;
^(B)we are the clay, and you are our potter;
^(C)we are all the work of your hand.

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Isaiah 64:8

New International Version

⁸Yet you, Lord, are our Father.^(A)
We are the clay, you are the potter;^(B)
we are all the work of your hand.^(C)

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Isaiah 35:6-8

English Standard Version

⁶^(A)then shall the lame man leap like a deer,
    and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.
^(B)For waters break forth in the wilderness,
    and streams in the desert;
⁷^(C)the burning sand shall become a pool,
    and the thirsty ground springs of water;
in the haunt of ^(D)jackals, where they lie down,
    the grass shall become reeds and rushes.

⁸^(E)And a highway shall be there,
    and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;
^(F)the unclean shall not pass over it.
    It shall belong to those who walk on the way;
    even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.^[a]

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Isaiah 35:8 Or if they are fools, they shall not wander in it

Isaiah 35:6-8

New International Version

⁶Then will the lame^(A) leap like a deer,^(B)
    and the mute tongue^(C) shout for joy.^(D)
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
    and streams^(E) in the desert.
⁷The burning sand will become a pool,
    the thirsty ground^(F) bubbling springs.^(G)
In the haunts where jackals^(H) once lay,
    grass and reeds^(I) and papyrus will grow.

⁸And a highway^(J) will be there;
    it will be called the Way of Holiness;^(K)
    it will be for those who walk on that Way.
The unclean^(L) will not journey on it;
    wicked fools will not go about on it.

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