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Isaiah 35:10
and the ransomed of the LORD will return and come to Zion with singing, crowned with unending joy. Joy and gladness will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
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Isaiah 58:11
The LORD will always lead you, satisfy you in a parched land, and strengthen your bones. You will be like a watered garden and like a spring whose water never runs dry.
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Isaiah 65:19
I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in my people. The sound of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.
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John 16:22
So you also have sorrow now. But I will see you again. Your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy from you.
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Ezekiel 17:23
I will plant it on Israel’s high mountain so that it may bear branches, produce fruit, and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.
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Joel 3:18
In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will flow with water, and a spring will issue from the LORD’s house, watering the Valley of Acacias.
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Hosea 3:5
Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come with awe to the LORD and to his goodness in the last days.
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Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb who is at the center of the throne will shepherd them; he will guide them to springs of the waters of life, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
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Revelation 21:4
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; grief, crying, and pain will be no more, because the previous things have passed away.
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Isaiah 60:20
Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not fade; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will be over.
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Isaiah 12:1-6
On that day you will say:“ I will give thanks to you, LORD, although you were angry with me. Your anger has turned away, and you have comforted me.Indeed, God is my salvation; I will trust him and not be afraid, for the LORD, the LORD himself, is my strength and my song. He has become my salvation.”You will joyfully draw water from the springs of salvation,and on that day you will say,“ Give thanks to the LORD; proclaim his name! Make his works known among the peoples. Declare that his name is exalted.Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things. Let this be known throughout the earth.Cry out and sing, citizen of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel is among you in his greatness.”
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Isaiah 2:2-5
In the last days the mountain of the LORD’s house will be established at the top of the mountains and will be raised above the hills. All nations will stream to it,and many peoples will come and say,“ Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us about his ways so that we may walk in his paths.” For instruction will go out of Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.He will settle disputes among the nations and provide arbitration for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plows and their spears into pruning knives. Nation will not take up the sword against nation, and they will never again train for war.House of Jacob, come and let’s walk in the LORD’s light.
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Romans 2:4
Or do you despise the riches of his kindness, restraint, and patience, not recognizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?
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Jeremiah 31:4
Again I will build you so that you will be rebuilt, Virgin Israel. You will take up your tambourines again and go out in joyful dancing.
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Psalms 130:4
But with you there is forgiveness, so that you may be revered.
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Jeremiah 33:9-11
This city will bear on my behalf a name of joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the prosperity I will give them. They will tremble with awe because of all the good and all the peace I will bring about for them.“ This is what the LORD says: In this place, which you say is a ruin, without people or animals— that is, in Judah’s cities and Jerusalem’s streets that are a desolation without people, without inhabitants, and without animals— there will be heard againa sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride, and the voice of those saying, Give thanks to the LORD of Armies, for the LORD is good; his faithful love endures forever as they bring thanksgiving sacrifices to the temple of the LORD. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as in former times, says the LORD.
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Zechariah 9:15-17
The LORD of Armies will defend them. They will consume and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and be rowdy as if with wine. They will be as full as the sprinkling basin, like those at the corners of the altar.The LORD their God will save them on that day as the flock of his people; for they are like jewels in a crown, sparkling over his land.How lovely and beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
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Hosea 2:20-23
I will take you to be my wife in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.On that day I will respond— this is the LORD’s declaration. I will respond to the sky, and it will respond to the earth.The earth will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the fresh oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.I will sow her in the land for myself, and I will have compassion on Lo-ruhamah; I will say to Lo-ammi: You are my people, and he will say,“ You are my God.”
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Micah 4:1-2
In the last days the mountain of the LORD’s house will be established at the top of the mountains and will be raised above the hills. Peoples will stream to it,and many nations will come and say,“ Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us about his ways so we may walk in his paths.” For instruction will go out of Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 51:11
And the ransomed of the LORD will return and come to Zion with singing, crowned with unending joy. Joy and gladness will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
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Isaiah 1:30
For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, and like a garden without water.
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Ezekiel 20:40
For on my holy mountain, Israel’s high mountain— the declaration of the Lord GOD— there the entire house of Israel, all of them, will serve me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your contributions and choicest gifts, all your holy offerings.