Jeremiah 30:19
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19 Out of them shall come thanksgiving
and the sound of merrymakers.
I will make them many, and they shall not be few;
I will make them honored, and they shall not be disdained.(A)
Jeremiah 33:22
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22 Just as the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will increase the offspring of my servant David and the Levites who minister to me.(A)
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Isaiah 51:11
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11 So the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with rejoicing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.(A)
Isaiah 60:22
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22 The least of them shall become a clan
and the smallest one a mighty nation;
I am the Lord;
in its time I will accomplish it quickly.(A)
Isaiah 35:10
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10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.(A)
Zechariah 12:8
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8 On that day the Lord will shield the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the angel of the Lord, at their head.(A)
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Zechariah 10:8
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8 I will signal for them and gather them in,
for I have redeemed them,
and they shall be as numerous as they were before.(A)
Ezekiel 36:37
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37 Thus says the Lord God: I will also let the house of Israel ask me to do this for them: to multiply their people like sheep.
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Jeremiah 31:12-13
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12 They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the Lord,
over the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and over the young of the flock and the herd;
their life shall become like a watered garden,
and they shall never languish again.(A)
13 Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old shall be merry.[a]
I will turn their mourning into joy;
I will comfort them and give them gladness for sorrow.(B)
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- 31.13 Cn: Heb old together
Jeremiah 31:4
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4 Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
O virgin Israel!
Again you shall adorn yourself with your tambourines
and go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.(A)
Psalm 126:1-2
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Psalm 126
A Harvest of Joy
A Song of Ascents.
1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,[a]
we were like those who dream.(A)
2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then it was said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”(B)
Footnotes
- 126.1 Or brought back those who returned to Zion
1 Peter 1:7
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7 so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.(A)
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Zechariah 8:4-5
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4 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of their great age.(A) 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.(B)
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