Isa 61:2-3, 66:10, Jer 31:9-12, 16-17, Eze 7:16, 9:4, Zec 12:10-14 | ESV | STEP | to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor , and the day of vengeance of our God ; to comfort all who mourn ;

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

Isaiah 66:10

10 ^h“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,
all you who love her;
rejoice with her in joy,
all you who mourn over her;

Jeremiah 31:9-12

9 ⁱWith weeping they shall come,
^jand with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them ^kwalk by brooks of water,
^lin a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for ^mI am a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is ⁿmy firstborn.
10 “Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
and declare it in the coastlands far away;
say, ‘He who scattered Israel will ^ogather him,
and will keep him ^pas a shepherd keeps his flock.’
11 ^qFor the Lord has ransomed Jacob
and has redeemed him from ^rhands too strong for him.
12 They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
^sand they shall be radiant ^tover the goodness of the Lord,
^uover the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and over the young of the flock and the herd;
^vtheir life shall be like a watered garden,
^wand they shall languish no more.

Jeremiah 31:16-17

16 Thus says the Lord:
“Keep your voice from weeping,
and your eyes from tears,
for there is a reward for your work,

declares the Lord,
and ^xthey shall come back from the land of the enemy.
17 ^yThere is hope for your future,

declares the Lord,
and your children shall come back to their own country.

Ezekiel 7:16

16 ^zAnd if any survivors escape, they will be on the mountains, like ^aadoves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each one over his iniquity.

Ezekiel 9:4

4 And the Lord said to him, “Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and ^abput a mark on the foreheads of the men who ^acsigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.”

Zechariah 12:10-14

Him Whom They Have Pierced

10 “And ^adI will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and ^aepleas for mercy, so that, ^afwhen they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, ^agthey shall mourn for him, ^ahas one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn. 11 ^aiOn that day ^ajthe mourning in Jerusalem will be as great ^akas the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land shall mourn, ^aleach family ^{▼▼Or clan; also verses 13, 14} by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of ^anNathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; 13 the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of ^aothe Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves; 14 and all the families that are left, each by itself, and their wives by themselves.