(A)He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and (B)death shall be no more, (C)neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

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As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but (A)because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.

10 For (B)godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas (C)worldly grief produces death.

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(A)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor,
    (B)and the day of vengeance of our God;
    to comfort all who mourn;
to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
    (C)to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
(D)the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
    the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
(E)that they may be called oaks of righteousness,
    the planting of the Lord, (F)that he may be glorified.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:3 Or that he may display his beauty

20 Truly, truly, I say to you, (A)you will weep and lament, but (B)the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but (C)your sorrow will turn into joy. 21 (D)When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. 22 (E)So also you have sorrow now, but (F)I will see you again, and (G)your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

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(A)Those who sow in tears
    shall reap with shouts of joy!
He who goes out weeping,
    bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
    bringing his sheaves with him.

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18 I have seen his ways, (A)but I will heal him;
    I will lead him (B)and restore comfort to him and his mourners,

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14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of (A)the great tribulation. (B)They have washed their robes and (C)made them white (D)in the blood of the Lamb.

15 “Therefore they are before the throne of God,
    and (E)serve him day and night in his temple;
    and he who sits on the throne (F)will shelter them with his presence.
16 (G)They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;
    (H)the sun shall not strike them,
    nor any scorching heat.
17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne (I)will be their shepherd,
    and he will guide them to springs of (J)living water,
and (K)God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

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21 (A)“Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.

(B)“Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

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12 (A)Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive (B)the crown of life, (C)which God has promised to those who love him.

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(A)who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in (B)Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.[a] (C)If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you (D)share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:5 Or For as the sufferings of Christ abound for us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ

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.

12 “I, I am he (B)who comforts you;
    who are you that you are afraid of (C)man who dies,
    of the son of man who is made (D)like grass,

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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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