Genesis 37:35
35All his sons and all his daughters arose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, bI shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him. Genesis 45:28
28And Israel said, “It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.” 2 Chronicles 20:3
3Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face cto seek the Lord, and dproclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 2 Chronicles 20:9
9 e‘If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgment, ▼▼Or the sword of judgment
or pestilence, or famine, gwe will stand before this house and before you— hfor your name is in this house—and cry out to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.’ 2 Chronicles 20:12
12O our God, will you not iexecute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but jour eyes are on you.” 2 Chronicles 20:27-28
27Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, kfor the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies. 28They came to Jerusalem with harps and lyres and trumpets, to the house of the Lord. Esther 9:22
22as the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into la holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and gifts to the poor. Psalms 30:5
5 mFor his anger is but for a moment,and nhis favor is for a lifetime. ▼
▼Or and in his favor is life
pWeeping may tarry for the night,
but qjoy comes with the morning.
Psalms 126:1-2
Restore Our Fortunes, O Lord
A Song of rAscents.
1When the Lord srestored the fortunes of Zion,we were like those who tdream.
2Then our umouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then they said among the nations,
v“The Lord has done great things for them.”
Isaiah 25:8
8 wHe will swallow up death forever;and xthe Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
and ythe reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
zfor the Lord has spoken.
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