Zechariah 9:12
New Living Translation
12 Come back to the place of safety,
all you prisoners who still have hope!
I promise this very day
that I will repay two blessings for each of your troubles.
Job 42:10
New Living Translation
10 When Job prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes. In fact, the Lord gave him twice as much as before!
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Lamentations 3:21-22
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21 Yet I still dare to hope
when I remember this:
22 The faithful love of the Lord never ends![a]
His mercies never cease.
Notas al pie
- 3:22 As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads of the Lord keeps us from destruction.
Isaiah 61:7
New Living Translation
7 Instead of shame and dishonor,
you will enjoy a double share of honor.
You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land,
and everlasting joy will be yours.
Jeremiah 51:10
New Living Translation
10 The Lord has vindicated us.
Come, let us announce in Jerusalem[a]
everything the Lord our God has done.
Hebrews 6:18
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18 So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.
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Nahum 1:7
New Living Translation
7 The Lord is good,
a strong refuge when trouble comes.
He is close to those who trust in him.
Jeremiah 50:4-5
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Hope for Israel and Judah
4 “In those coming days,”
says the Lord,
“the people of Israel will return home
together with the people of Judah.
They will come weeping
and seeking the Lord their God.
5 They will ask the way to Jerusalem[a]
and will start back home again.
They will bind themselves to the Lord
with an eternal covenant that will never be forgotten.
Jeremiah 31:17
New Living Translation
17 There is hope for your future,” says the Lord.
“Your children will come again to their own land.
Isaiah 49:9
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9 I will say to the prisoners, ‘Come out in freedom,’
and to those in darkness, ‘Come into the light.’
They will be my sheep, grazing in green pastures
and on hills that were previously bare.
Isaiah 40:2
New Living Translation
2 “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem.
Tell her that her sad days are gone
and her sins are pardoned.
Yes, the Lord has punished her twice over
for all her sins.”
Micah 4:8
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8 As for you, Jerusalem,
the citadel of God’s people,[a]
your royal might and power
will come back to you again.
The kingship will be restored
to my precious Jerusalem.
Notas al pie
- 4:8 Hebrew As for you, Migdal-eder, / the Ophel of the daughter of Zion.
Joel 3:16
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16 The Lord’s voice will roar from Zion
and thunder from Jerusalem,
and the heavens and the earth will shake.
But the Lord will be a refuge for his people,
a strong fortress for the people of Israel.
Hosea 2:15
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15 I will return her vineyards to her
and transform the Valley of Trouble[a] into a gateway of hope.
She will give herself to me there,
as she did long ago when she was young,
when I freed her from her captivity in Egypt.
Notas al pie
- 2:15 Hebrew valley of Achor.
Ezekiel 37:11
New Living Translation
11 Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones represent the people of Israel. They are saying, ‘We have become old, dry bones—all hope is gone. Our nation is finished.’
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Jeremiah 50:28
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28 Listen to the people who have escaped from Babylon,
as they tell in Jerusalem
how the Lord our God has taken vengeance
against those who destroyed his Temple.
Jeremiah 31:6
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6 The day will come when watchmen will shout
from the hill country of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Jerusalem[a]
to worship the Lord our God.’”
Isaiah 52:2
New Living Translation
2 Rise from the dust, O Jerusalem.
Sit in a place of honor.
Remove the chains of slavery from your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion.
Isaiah 38:18
New Living Translation
18 For the dead[a] cannot praise you;
they cannot raise their voices in praise.
Those who go down to the grave
can no longer hope in your faithfulness.
Notas al pie
- 38:18 Hebrew Sheol.
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