Psa 119:67, 71, 126:5-6, Jer 31:8-9, 15-20, 50:4-5, Dan 9:3-19 | ESV | STEP | Before I was afflicted I went astray , but now I keep your word .

5 ^cThose who sow in tears
shall reap with shouts of joy!
6 He who goes out weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
bringing his sheaves with him.

Jeremiah 31:8-9

8 Behold, I will bring them ^dfrom the north country
and ^egather them from ^fthe farthest parts of the earth,
among them ^gthe blind and the lame,
the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together;
a great company, they shall return here.
9 ^hWith weeping they shall come,
ⁱand with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them ^jwalk by brooks of water,
^kin a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for ^lI am a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is ^mmy firstborn.

Jeremiah 31:15-20

15 Thus says the Lord:
ⁿ“A voice is heard in ^oRamah,
lamentation and bitter weeping.
^pRachel is weeping for her children;
she refuses to be comforted for her children,
^qbecause they are no more.”
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 ^rthey shall come back from the land of the enemy.
17 ^sThere is hope for your future,

declares the Lord,
and your children shall come back to their own country.
18 I have heard ^tEphraim grieving,
‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
like an untrained calf;
^ubring me back that I may be restored,
for you are the Lord my God.
19 For after ^vI had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, ^wI struck my thigh;
^xI was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
20 ^yIs Ephraim my dear son?
^zIs he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
^aaTherefore my heart ^{▼▼Hebrew bowels} yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,

declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:4-5

4 ^ac“In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, ^adthe people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, ^aeweeping as they come, and they ^afshall seek the Lord their God. 5 ^agThey shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, ^ahsaying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an ^aieverlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’

Daniel 9:3-19

3 Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by ^ajprayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 4 I prayed to the Lord my God and ^akmade confession, saying, ^al“O Lord, the ^amgreat and awesome God, who ^ankeeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 5 ^aowe have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly ^apand rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. 6 ^aqWe have not listened to ^aryour servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to ^asour kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 To you, ^atO Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, ^authose who are near and ^avthose who are far away, in ^awall the lands to which you have driven them, because of ^axthe treachery that they have committed against you. 8 To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because ^aywe have sinned against you. 9 ^azTo the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 10 ^baand have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by ^bbhis servants the prophets. 11 ^bcAll Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, ^bdrefusing to obey your voice. ^beAnd the curse and oath ^bfthat are written in the Law of ^bgMoses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because ^bhwe have sinned against him. 12 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against ^biour rulers who ruled us, ^{▼▼Or our judges who judged us} by ^bkbringing upon us a great calamity. ^blFor under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem. 13 ^bmAs it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord our God, ^bnturning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth. 14 ^boTherefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, ^bpfor the Lord our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and ^bqwe have not obeyed his voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt ^brwith a mighty hand, and ^bshave made a name for yourself, as at this day, ^btwe have sinned, we have done wickedly.

16 “O Lord, ^buaccording to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, ^bvyour holy hill, ^bwbecause for our sins, and for ^bxthe iniquities of our fathers, ^byJerusalem and your people have become ^bza byword among all who are around us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, ^{▼▼Hebrew for the Lord’s sake} ^cbmake your face to shine upon ^ccyour sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 ^cdO my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see ^ceour desolations, and ^cfthe city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. ^cgDelay not, ^chfor your own sake, O my God, because ^ciyour city and ^cjyour people are called by your name.”