Jeremiah 31:12
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12 Therefore they shall come and sing in (A)the height of Zion,
Streaming to (B)the goodness of the Lord—
For wheat and new wine and oil,
For the young of the flock and the herd;
Their souls shall be like a (C)well-watered garden,
(D)And they shall sorrow no more at all.
Isaiah 35:10
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10 And the (A)ransomed of the Lord shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness,
And (B)sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah 58:11
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11 The Lord will guide you continually,
And satisfy your soul in drought,
And strengthen your bones;
You shall be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
John 16:22
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22 Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and (A)your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.
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Joel 3:18
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God Blesses His People
18 And it will come to pass in that day
That the mountains shall drip with new wine,
The hills shall flow with milk,
And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water;
A (A)fountain shall flow from the house of the Lord
And water the Valley of [a]Acacias.
Footnotes
- Joel 3:18 Heb. Shittim
Ezekiel 17:23
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23 (A)On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it; and it will bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a majestic cedar. (B)Under it will dwell birds of every sort; in the shadow of its branches they will dwell.
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Isaiah 65:19
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19 (A)I will rejoice in Jerusalem,
And joy in My people;
The (B)voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her,
Nor the voice of crying.
Revelation 21:4
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4 (A)And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; (B)there shall be no more death, (C)nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
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Revelation 7:17
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17 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne (A)will shepherd them and lead them to [a]living fountains of waters. (B)And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
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- Revelation 7:17 NU, M fountains of the waters of life
Hosea 3:5
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5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and (A)seek the Lord their God and (B)David their king. They shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the (C)latter days.
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Isaiah 60:20
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20 (A)Your sun shall no longer go down,
Nor shall your moon withdraw itself;
For the Lord will be your everlasting light,
And the days of your mourning shall be ended.
Psalm 130:4
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Romans 2:4
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4 Or do you despise (A)the riches of His goodness, (B)forbearance, and (C)longsuffering, (D)not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
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Zechariah 9:15-17
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15 The Lord of hosts will (A)defend them;
They shall devour and subdue with slingstones.
They shall drink and roar as if with wine;
They shall be filled with blood like [a]basins,
Like the corners of the altar.
16 The Lord their God will (B)save them in that day,
As the flock of His people.
For (C)they shall be like the [b]jewels of a crown,
(D)Lifted like a banner over His land—
17 For (E)how great is [c]its goodness
And how great its (F)beauty!
(G)Grain shall make the young men thrive,
And new wine the young women.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 9:15 Sacrificial basins
- Zechariah 9:16 Lit. stones
- Zechariah 9:17 Lit. His
Micah 4:1-2
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The Lord’s Reign in Zion(A)
4 Now (B)it shall come to pass in the latter days
That the mountain of the Lord’s house
Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
And shall be exalted above the hills;
And peoples shall flow to it.
2 Many nations shall come and say,
“Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
He will teach us His ways,
And we shall walk in His paths.”
For out of Zion the law shall go forth,
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Hosea 2:20-23
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20 I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness,
And (A)you shall know the Lord.
21 “It shall come to pass in that day
That (B)I will answer,” says the Lord;
“I will answer the heavens,
And they shall answer the earth.
22 The earth shall answer
With grain,
With new wine,
And with oil;
They shall answer [a]Jezreel.
23 Then (C)I will sow her for Myself in the earth,
(D)And I will have mercy on her who had [b]not obtained mercy;
Then (E)I will say to those who were [c]not My people,
‘You are [d]My people!’
And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’ ”
Footnotes
- Hosea 2:22 Lit. God Will Sow
- Hosea 2:23 Heb. lo-ruhamah
- Hosea 2:23 Heb. lo-ammi
- Hosea 2:23 Heb. ammi
Ezekiel 20:40
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40 For (A)on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel,” says the Lord God, “there (B)all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me; there (C)I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the firstfruits of your [a]sacrifices, together with all your holy things.
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- Ezekiel 20:40 offerings
Jeremiah 33:9-11
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9 (A)Then it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise, and an honor before all nations of the earth, who shall hear all the good that I do to them; they shall (B)fear and tremble for all the goodness and all the prosperity that I provide for it.’
10 “Thus says the Lord: ‘Again there shall be heard in this place—(C)of which you say, “It is desolate, without man and without beast”—in the cities of Judah, in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast, 11 the (D)voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who will say:
(E)“Praise the Lord of hosts,
For the Lord is good,
For His mercy endures forever”—
and of those who will bring (F)the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause the captives of the land to return as at the first,’ says the Lord.
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Jeremiah 31:4
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4 Again (A)I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt,
O virgin of Israel!
You shall again be adorned with your (B)tambourines,
And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.
Isaiah 51:11
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11 So (A)the ransomed of the Lord shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness;
Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah 12
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A Hymn of Praise
12 And (A)in that day you will say:
“O Lord, I will praise You;
Though You were angry with me,
Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me.
2 Behold, God is my salvation,
I will trust and not be afraid;
(B)‘For (C)Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song;
He also has become my salvation.’ ”
3 Therefore with joy you will draw (D)water
From the wells of salvation.
4 And in that day you will say:
(E)“Praise the Lord, call upon His name;
(F)Declare His deeds among the peoples,
Make mention that His (G)name is exalted.
5 (H)Sing to the Lord,
For He has done excellent things;
This is known in all the earth.
6 (I)Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion,
For great is (J)the Holy One of Israel in your midst!”
Isaiah 2:2-5
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2 Now (A)it shall come to pass (B)in the latter days
(C)That the mountain of the Lord’s house
Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
And shall be exalted above the hills;
And all nations shall flow to it.
3 Many people shall come and say,
(D)“Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
He will teach us His ways,
And we shall walk in His paths.”
(E)For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 He shall judge between the nations,
And rebuke many people;
They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning [a]hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war anymore.
The Day of the Lord
5 O house of Jacob, come and let us (F)walk
In the light of the Lord.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 2:4 knives
Isaiah 1:30
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30 For you shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fades,
And as a garden that has no water.
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