Neh 12:43, Psa 5:11, Jer 33:11, Zec 4:7, Luk 19:37-40 | ESV | STEP | And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced , for God had made them rejoice with great joy ; the women and children also rejoiced . And the joy of Jerusalem was heard far away .

g[See ver. 7 above]

h[Jer. 51:25]

i[See ver. 6 above]

j Isa. 40:4

kSee ch. 3:9

l[ch. 18:43]

m[John 12:17, 18]

n ch. 13:35; Cited from Ps. 118:26

oSee Matt. 25:34; John 1:49

p ch. 2:14; [Ps. 148:1]

q[Matt. 21:15, 16]

r Hab. 2:11

Nehemiah 12:43

43 And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard far away.

Psalms 5:11

11 But let all who ^atake refuge in you ^brejoice;
let them ever sing for joy,
and spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name may ^cexult in you.

Jeremiah 33:11

11 ^dthe voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring ^ethank offerings to the house of the Lord:

^f“‘Give thanks to the Lord of hosts,
for the Lord is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!’
^gFor I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.

Zechariah 4:7

7 Who are you, ^hO great mountain? Before ⁱZerubbabel ^jyou shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward ^kthe top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

Luke 19:37-40

37 As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives— ^lthe whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice ^mfor all the mighty works that they had seen, 38 saying, ⁿ“Blessed is ^othe King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and ^pglory in the highest!” 39 ^qAnd some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” 40 He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, ^rthe very stones would cry out.”