Isa 49:14, 62:4, Hos 2:1-2, 14-15, Mat 11:28, 2Cor 7:6, 9-10 | ESV | STEP | But Zion said , The Lord has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me.

4 ^bYou shall no more be termed ^cForsaken, ^{▼▼Hebrew Azubah}
and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, ^{▼▼Hebrew Shemamah}
^fbut you shall be called ^gMy Delight Is in Her, ^{▼▼Hebrew Hephzibah}
and your land Married; ^{▼▼Hebrew Beulah}
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land shall be married.

Hosea 2:1-2

Israel’s Unfaithfulness Punished

1 ^{▼▼Ch 2:3 in Hebrew} Say to your brothers, ^k“You are my people,” ^{▼▼Hebrew ammi, which means my people} and to your sisters, ^m“You have received mercy.” ^{▼▼Hebrew ruhama, which means she has received mercy}

2 “Plead with your mother, plead—
for ^oshe is not my wife,
and I am not her husband—
that she put away ^pher whoring from her face,
and her adultery from between her breasts;

Hosea 2:14-15

The Lord’s Mercy on Israel

14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
and ^qbring her into the wilderness,
and ^rspeak tenderly to her.
15 And there I will give her her vineyards
and make the Valley of Achor ^{▼▼ Achor means trouble; compare Joshua 7:26} a door of hope.
And there she shall answer ^tas in the days of her youth,
as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.

Matthew 11:28

28 ^uCome to ^vme, all who labor and are ^wheavy laden, and I will give you rest.

2 Corinthians 7:6

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

2 Corinthians 7:9-10

9 As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but ^zbecause you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.

10 For ^aagodly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas ^abworldly grief produces death.