Isa 12:1, 40:1-2, 51:3, 61:2-3, 66:13-14, Jer 31:13, 2Cor 7:6 | ESV | STEP | You will say in that day : I will give thanks to you, O Lord , for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away , that you might comfort me.

Isaiah 12:1

The Lord Is My Strength and My Song

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

Isaiah 40:1-2

Comfort for God’s People

1 ^dComfort, comfort my people, says your God.
2 ^eSpeak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that ^fher 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 51:3

3 For the Lord ^hcomforts Zion;
he comforts all her waste places
and makes her wilderness like ⁱEden,
her desert like ^jthe garden of the Lord;
^kjoy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and the voice of song.

Isaiah 61:2-3

2 ^lto proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,
^mand the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn;
3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
ⁿto give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
^othe oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
^pthat they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, ^qthat he may be glorified. ^{▼▼Or that he may display his beauty}

Isaiah 66:13-14

13 As one whom his mother comforts,
so ^sI will comfort you;
you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
14 You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;
^tyour bones shall flourish like the grass;
and ^uthe hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants,
and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.

Jeremiah 31:13

13 ^vThen shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old shall be merry.
^wI will turn their mourning into joy;
I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.

2 Corinthians 7:6

6 But ^xGod, who comforts the downcast, ^ycomforted us by the coming of Titus,