19 (A)Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving,
    and the voices of those who celebrate.
(B)I will multiply them, and they shall not be few;
    I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.

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22 As (A)the host of heaven cannot be numbered and (B)the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me.”

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11 (A)And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
    and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
    they shall obtain gladness and joy,
    and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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10 (A)And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
    and come to Zion with singing;
(B)everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
    they shall obtain gladness and joy,
    and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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(A)“I will whistle for them and (B)gather them in,
    for I have redeemed them,
    and (C)they shall be as many as they were before.

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37 “Thus says the Lord God: This also (A)I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: (B)to increase their people like (C)a flock.

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(A)Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
    O virgin Israel!
(B)Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
    and shall go forth in (C)the dance of the merrymakers.

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22 (A)The least one shall become a clan,
    and the smallest one a mighty nation;
(B)I am the Lord;
    in its time I will hasten it.

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Restore Our Fortunes, O Lord

A Song of (A)Ascents.

126 When the Lord (B)restored the fortunes of Zion,
    we were like those who (C)dream.
Then our (D)mouth was filled with laughter,
    and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then they said among the nations,
    (E)“The Lord has done great things for them.”

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(A)On that day (B)the Lord will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that (C)the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, (D)like the angel of the Lord, going before them.

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12 They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
    (A)and they shall be radiant (B)over the goodness of the Lord,
(C)over the grain, the wine, and the oil,
    and over the young of the flock and the herd;
(D)their life shall be like a watered garden,
    (E)and they shall languish no more.
13 (F)Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
    and the young men and the old shall be merry.
(G)I will turn their mourning into joy;
    I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 12:1 The Hebrew for you is singular in verse 1

12 And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because (A)they had understood the words that were declared to them.

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so that (A)the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes (B)though it is tested by (C)fire—may be found to result in (D)praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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13 For (A)I have bent Judah as my bow;
    I have made Ephraim its arrow.
I will stir up your sons, O Zion,
    against your sons, (B)O Greece,
    and wield you like a warrior's sword.

The Lord Will Save His People

14 Then the Lord will appear over them,
    and (C)his arrow will go forth like lightning;
(D)the Lord God will sound the trumpet
    and will march forth in (E)the whirlwinds (F)of the south.
15 The Lord of hosts (G)will protect them,
    and (H)they shall devour, (I)and tread down the sling stones,
and (J)they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,
    and be full like a bowl,
    drenched (K)like the corners of the altar.

16 On that day the Lord their God will save them,
    as (L)the flock of his people;
for (M)like the jewels of a crown
    they shall shine on his land.
17 (N)For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!
    (O)Grain shall make the young men flourish,
    and new wine the young women.

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19 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the (A)fourth month and the fast of the (B)fifth and the fast of the (C)seventh and the fast of the (D)tenth shall be to the house of Judah (E)seasons of joy and gladness and cheerful feasts. Therefore love (F)truth and peace.

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Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of great age. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.

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and said to him, “Run, say to that young man, (A)‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited (B)as villages without walls, because of (C)the multitude of people and livestock in it.

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26 (A)I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be (B)an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land[a] and (C)multiply them, and will (D)set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 37:26 Hebrew lacks in their land

10 And (A)I will multiply people on you, the whole house of Israel, all of it. (B)The cities shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt. 11 And I will multiply on you (C)man and beast, and (D)they shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in (E)your former times, and (F)will do more good to you than ever before. (G)Then you will know that I am the Lord. 12 I will let people walk on you, even my people Israel. (H)And they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no longer (I)bereave them of children. 13 Thus says the Lord God: Because they say to you, (J)‘You devour people, and you bereave your nation of children,’ 14 therefore you shall no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the Lord God. 15 And I will not let you hear anymore (K)the reproach of the nations, and you shall no longer bear the disgrace of the peoples and no longer cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord God.”

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(A)And this city[a] shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall (B)fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.

10 “Thus says the Lord: In this place (C)of which you say, ‘It is a waste without man or beast,’ in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again 11 (D)the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring (E)thank offerings to the house of the Lord:

(F)“‘Give thanks to the Lord of hosts,
    for the Lord is good,
    for his steadfast love endures forever!’

(G)For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 33:9 Hebrew And it

27 (A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when (B)I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with (C)the seed of man and the seed of beast.

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(A)The nations shall see your righteousness,
    and all the kings your glory,
(B)and you shall be called by a new name
    that the mouth of the Lord will give.
You shall be (C)a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
    and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

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19 (A)The sun shall be no more
    your light by day,
nor for brightness shall the moon
    give you light;[a]
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and your God will be your glory.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 60:19 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Targum add by night
  2. Isaiah 60:19 Or your beauty

For (A)the coastlands shall hope for me,
    (B)the ships of Tarshish first,
(C)to bring your children from afar,
    their silver and gold with them,
for the name of the Lord your God,
    and for the Holy One of Israel,
    because (D)he has made you beautiful.

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