Isa 65:17-19, Mat 5:4, Luk 6:25 | ESV | STEP | For behold , I create new heavens and a new earth , and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind .

Isaiah 65:17-19

New Heavens and a New Earth

17 “For behold, ^aI create new heavens
and a new earth,
and the former things shall not be remembered
or come into mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever
in that which I create;
for behold, ^bI create Jerusalem to be a joy,
and her people to be a gladness.
19 ^cI will rejoice in Jerusalem
and be glad in my people;
^dno more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping
and the cry of distress.

Matthew 5:4

4 “Blessed are ^ethose who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Luke 6:25

25 “Woe to you who are full now, for ^fyou shall be hungry.

“Woe to ^gyou who laugh now, ^hfor you shall mourn and weep.