Zechariah 8:5
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5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.(A)
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Jeremiah 31:13
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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.(A)
Notas al pie
- 31.13 Cn: Heb old together
Matthew 11:16-17
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16 “But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another,
17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we wailed, and you did not mourn.’
Zechariah 2:4
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4 and said to him, “Run, say to that young man: Jerusalem shall be inhabited like unwalled villages because of the multitude of people and animals in it.(A)
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Lamentations 2:19
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19 Arise, cry out in the night,
at the beginning of the watches!
Pour out your heart like water
before the presence of the Lord!
Lift your hands to him
for the lives of your children,
who faint for hunger
at the head of every street.(A)
Jeremiah 33:11
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11 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 thank offerings to the house of the Lord:
“Give thanks to the Lord of hosts,
for the Lord is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!”
For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.(A)
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Jeremiah 31:27
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Individual Retribution
27 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of humans and the seed of animals.(A)
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Jeremiah 30:19-20
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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)
20 Their children shall be as of old;
their congregation shall be established before me,
and I will punish all who oppress them.
Psalm 144:12-15
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12 May our sons in their youth
be like plants full grown,
our daughters like corner pillars,
cut for the building of a palace.(A)
13 May our barns be filled
with produce of every kind;
may our sheep increase by thousands,
by tens of thousands in our fields,
14 and may our cattle be heavy with young.
May there be no breach in the walls,[a] no exile,
and no cry of distress in our streets.
15 Happy are the people to whom such blessings fall;
happy are the people whose God is the Lord.(B)
Notas al pie
- 144.14 Heb lacks in the walls
Psalm 128:3-4
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3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like olive shoots
around your table.(A)
4 Thus shall the man be blessed
who fears the Lord.
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