Job 29:2-3
2 “Oh, that I were as in the months of old,as in the days when God watched over me,
3when his alamp shone upon my head,
and by his light I walked through darkness,
Psalms 85:6-8
6Will you not brevive us again,that your people may crejoice in you?
7Show us your steadfast love, O Lord,
and grant us your salvation.
8 dLet me hear what God the Lord will speak,
for he will espeak peace to his people, to his fsaints;
but let them not gturn back to hfolly.
Isaiah 57:17-18
17Because of the iniquity of his iunjust gain I was angry,I struck him; I hid my face and was angry,
but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.
18I have seen his ways, jbut I will heal him;
I will lead him kand restore comfort to him and his mourners,
Jeremiah 31:9-14
9 lWith weeping they shall come,mand with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them nwalk by brooks of water,
oin a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for pI am a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is qmy firstborn.
10 “Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
and declare it in the coastlands far away;
say, ‘He who scattered Israel will rgather him,
and will keep him sas a shepherd keeps his flock.’
11 tFor the Lord has ransomed Jacob
and has redeemed him from uhands too strong for him.
12They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
vand they shall be radiant wover the goodness of the Lord,
xover the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and over the young of the flock and the herd;
ytheir life shall be like a watered garden,
zand they shall languish no more.
13 aaThen shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old shall be merry.
abI will turn their mourning into joy;
I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.
14 acI will feast the soul of the priests with abundance,
and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness,
declares the Lord.”
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