Jer 31:9, 13, 18-20, Eze 7:16, 16:63, Zec 12:10-14, Mat 5:4, Luk 6:21 | ESV | STEP | With weeping they shall come , and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water , in a straight path in which they shall not stumble , for I am a father to Israel , and Ephraim is my firstborn .

9 ^aWith weeping they shall come,
^band with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them ^cwalk by brooks of water,
^din a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for ^eI am a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is ^fmy firstborn.

Jeremiah 31:13

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

Jeremiah 31:18-20

18 I have heard ⁱEphraim grieving,
‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
like an untrained calf;
^jbring me back that I may be restored,
for you are the Lord my God.
19 For after ^kI had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, ^lI struck my thigh;
^mI was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
20 ⁿIs Ephraim my dear son?
^oIs he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
^pTherefore my heart ^{▼▼Hebrew bowels} yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,

declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 7:16

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

Ezekiel 16:63

63 that you may remember and be confounded, and ^tnever open your mouth again because of your shame, when I atone for you for all that you have done, declares the Lord God.”

Zechariah 12:10-14

Him Whom They Have Pierced

10 “And ^uI will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and ^vpleas for mercy, so that, ^wwhen they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, ^xthey shall mourn for him, ^yas one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn. 11 ^zOn that day ^aathe mourning in Jerusalem will be as great ^abas the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land shall mourn, ^aceach 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 ^aeNathan 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 ^afthe Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves; 14 and all the families that are left, each by itself, and their wives by themselves.

Matthew 5:4

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

Luke 6:21

21 ^ah“Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.

^ai“Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.