Gen 30:23, Psa 85:3, Isa 25:8, 40:1-2, 51:22, Mic 7:18-20, Zec 1:14-16 | ESV | STEP | She conceived and bore a son and said , God has taken away my reproach .

8 ^cHe will swallow up death forever;
and ^dthe Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
and ^ethe reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
^ffor the Lord has spoken.

Isaiah 40:1-2

Comfort for God’s People

1 ^gComfort, comfort my people, says your God.
2 ^hSpeak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that ⁱher warfare ^{▼▼Or hardship} is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.

Isaiah 51:22

22 Thus says your Lord, the Lord,
your God ^kwho pleads the cause of his people:
“Behold, I have taken from your hand ^lthe cup of staggering;
the bowl of my wrath you shall drink no more;

Micah 7:18-20

God’s Steadfast Love and Compassion

18 ^mWho is a God like you, ⁿpardoning iniquity
and passing over transgression
^ofor the remnant of his inheritance?
^pHe does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.
19 He will ^qagain have compassion on us;
^rhe will tread our iniquities underfoot.
^sYou will cast all our ^{▼▼Hebrew their} sins
into the depths of the sea.
20 ^uYou will show faithfulness to Jacob
and steadfast love to Abraham,
^vas you have sworn to our fathers
from the days of old.

Zechariah 1:14-16

14 So ^wthe angel who talked with me said to me, ‘Cry out, Thus says the Lord of hosts: ^xI am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion. 15 ^yAnd I am exceedingly angry with the nations that are ^zat ease; ^aafor while I was angry but a little, ^abthey furthered the disaster. 16 Therefore, thus says the Lord, ^acI have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; ^admy house shall be built in it, declares the Lord of hosts, and ^aethe measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.