Est 8:17, 9:22, Psa 30:11, Isa 12:1, 35:10, 51:11, Jer 31:12-13 | ESV | STEP | And in every province and in every city , wherever the king’s command and his edict reached , there was gladness and joy among the Jews , a feast and a holiday . And many from the peoples of the country declared themselves Jews , for fear of the Jews had fallen on them.

a ch. 9:19, 22; 1 Sam. 25:8

b ch. 9:27

c ch. 9:2

d[See ver. 19 above]

e Ex. 15:20; 2 Sam. 6:14; Jer. 31:4, 13; [Ps. 149:3; 150:4; Lam. 5:15]

g ch. 11:11

h[ch. 10:4]

i ch. 51:11

j ch. 65:19; [ch. 25:8; Rev. 7:17; 21:4]

kSee ch. 35:10

qSee ver. 4

Esther 8:17

17 And in every province and in every city, wherever the king’s command and his edict reached, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a feast and ^aa holiday. ^bAnd many from the peoples of the country declared themselves Jews, ^cfor fear of the Jews had fallen on them.

Esther 9:22

22 as 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 ^da 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 30:11

11 You have turned for me my mourning into ^edancing;
you have loosed my sackcloth
and clothed me with gladness,

Isaiah 12:1

The Lord Is My Strength and My Song

1 You ^{▼▼The Hebrew for you is singular in verse 1} will say ^gin that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
for though you were angry with me,
^hyour anger turned away,
that you might comfort me.

Isaiah 35:10

10 ⁱAnd the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
^jeverlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 51:11

11 ^kAnd the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Jeremiah 31:12-13

12 They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
^land they shall be radiant ^mover the goodness of the Lord,
ⁿover the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and over the young of the flock and the herd;
^otheir life shall be like a watered garden,
^pand they shall languish no more.
13 ^qThen shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old shall be merry.
^rI will turn their mourning into joy;
I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.