16 Thus says the Lord:
“Keep your voice from weeping,
    and your eyes from tears,
for there is a reward for your work,
declares the Lord,
    and (A)they shall come back from the land of the enemy.

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(A)For behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, (B)when I will restore (C)the fortunes of my people, (D)Israel and Judah, says the Lord, (E)and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall take possession of it.”

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10 For (A)God is not unjust so as to overlook (B)your work and the love that you have shown for his name in (C)serving the saints, as you still do.

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12 (A)The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!”

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And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God (A)must believe that he exists and (B)that he rewards those who seek him.

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(A)I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, (B)and rebuild them as they were (C)at first.

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18 “Thus says the Lord:
Behold, (A)I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob
    and have compassion on his dwellings;
the city shall be rebuilt on (B)its mound,
    and the palace shall stand where it used to be.

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14 I will be found by you, declares the Lord, (A)and I will restore your fortunes and (B)gather you from all the nations and all the places (C)where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

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(A)But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, (B)for your work shall be rewarded.”

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14 For (A)since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him (B)those who have fallen asleep.

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38 They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and Jesus[a] saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. 39 And when he had entered, he said to them, (A)“Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but (B)sleeping.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 5:38 Greek he

11 And (A)the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and (B)they shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

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41 As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when (A)I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered. And (B)I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations. 42 (C)And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the country that (D)I swore to give to your fathers.

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11 (A)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 (B)thank offerings to the house of the Lord:

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

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

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(A)Then I will gather the remnant of my flock (B)out of all the countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, (C)and they shall be fruitful and multiply.

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19 For a people shall dwell (A)in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you.

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    (A)He will swallow up death forever;
and (B)the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
    and (C)the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
    (D)for the Lord has spoken.

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Enjoy Life with the One You Love

Go, (A)eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

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(A)For his anger is but for a moment,
    and (B)his favor is for a lifetime.[a]
(C)Weeping may tarry for the night,
    but (D)joy comes with the morning.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 30:5 Or and in his favor is life

Then rose up the heads of the fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, (A)everyone whose spirit (B)God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem. And all who were about them (C)aided them with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with beasts, and with costly wares, besides all that was freely offered. (D)Cyrus the king also brought out the vessels of the house of the Lord that (E)Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the house of his gods. Cyrus king of Persia brought these out in the charge of (F)Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to (G)Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah. And this was the number of them: (H)30 basins of gold, 1,000 basins of silver, 29 censers, 10 30 bowls of gold, 410 bowls of silver, and 1,000 other vessels; 11 all the vessels of gold and of silver were 5,400. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when the exiles were brought up from Babylonia to Jerusalem.

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13 They said to her, (A)“Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, (B)“They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” 14 Having said this, she turned around and (C)saw Jesus standing, (D)but she did not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, (E)“Woman, why are you weeping? (F)Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be (G)the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”

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17 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: (A)I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, (B)and I will give you the land of Israel.’ 18 And when they come there, (C)they will remove from it all its (D)detestable things and all its abominations.

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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.
(D)Again you shall plant vineyards
    on the mountains of Samaria;
the planters shall plant
    and shall enjoy the fruit.

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Joseph Provides for His Brothers and Family

45 Then Joseph could not (A)control himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, “Make everyone go out from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

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31 Then he washed his face and came out. And (A)controlling himself he said, “Serve the food.”

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