Zechariah 8:5
New King James Version
5 The streets of the city
Shall be (A)full of boys and girls
Playing in its streets.’
Jeremiah 31:13
New King James Version
13 “Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance,
And the young men and the old, together;
For I will turn their mourning to joy,
Will comfort them,
And make them rejoice rather than sorrow.
Matthew 11:16-17
New King James Version
16 (A)“But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions, 17 and saying:
‘We played the flute for you,
And you did not dance;
We mourned to you,
And you did not [a]lament.’
Footnotes
- Matthew 11:17 Lit. beat your breast
Zechariah 2:4
New King James Version
4 who said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying: (A)‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.
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Lamentations 2:19
New King James Version
19 “Arise, (A)cry out in the night,
At the beginning of the watches;
(B)Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord.
Lift your hands toward Him
For the life of your young children,
Who faint from hunger (C)at the head of every street.”
Jeremiah 33:11
New King James Version
11 the (A)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:
(B)“Praise the Lord of hosts,
For the Lord is good,
For His mercy endures forever”—
and of those who will bring (C)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 31:27
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27 “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, that (A)I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast.
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Jeremiah 30:19-20
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19 Then (A)out of them shall proceed thanksgiving
And the voice of those who make merry;
(B)I will multiply them, and they shall not diminish;
I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
20 Their children also shall be (C)as before,
And their congregation shall be established before Me;
And I will punish all who oppress them.
Psalm 144:12-15
New King James Version
12 That our sons may be (A)as plants grown up in their youth;
That our daughters may be as [a]pillars,
Sculptured in palace style;
13 That our barns may be full,
Supplying all kinds of produce;
That our sheep may bring forth thousands
And ten thousands in our fields;
14 That our oxen may be well laden;
That there be no [b]breaking in or going out;
That there be no outcry in our streets.
15 (B)Happy are the people who are in such a state;
Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!
Footnotes
- Psalm 144:12 corner pillars
- Psalm 144:14 Lit. breach
Psalm 128:3-4
New King James Version
3 Your wife shall be (A)like a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your (B)children (C)like olive plants
All around your table.
4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
Who fears the Lord.
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