Psa 12:5, 79:11, 137:1-3, Isa 14:1-3, 35:10, 47:6, Jer 31:11-12, 20, 25 | ESV | STEP | Because the poor are plundered , because the needy groan , I will now arise , says the Lord ; I will place him in the safety for which he longs .

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Psalms 12:5

5 “Because ^athe poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
^bI will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the ^csafety for which he longs.”

Psalms 79:11

11 Let ^dthe groans of the prisoners come before you;
according to your great power, preserve those ^edoomed to die!

Psalms 137:1-3

How Shall We Sing the Lord’s Song?

1 By the waters of Babylon,
there we sat down and wept,
when we remembered Zion.
2 On the willows ^{▼▼Or poplars} there
we hung up our lyres.
3 For there our captors
required of us songs,
and our tormentors, mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

Isaiah 14:1-3

The Restoration of Jacob

1 ^gFor the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and ^hwill set them in their own land, and ⁱsojourners will join them and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob. 2 And ^jthe peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the Lord’s land ^kas male and female slaves. ^{▼▼Or servants} ^mThey will take captive those who were their captors, ⁿand rule over those who oppressed them.

Israel’s Remnant Taunts Babylon

3 When the Lord has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve,

Isaiah 35:10

10 ^oAnd the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
^peverlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 47:6

6 ^qI was angry with my people;
I profaned my heritage;
I gave them into your hand;
^ryou showed them no mercy;
on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.

Jeremiah 31:11-12

11 ^sFor the Lord has ransomed Jacob
and has redeemed him from ^thands too strong for him.
12 They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
^uand they shall be radiant ^vover the goodness of the Lord,
^wover the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and over the young of the flock and the herd;
^xtheir life shall be like a watered garden,
^yand they shall languish no more.

Jeremiah 31:20

20 ^zIs Ephraim my dear son?
^aaIs he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
^abTherefore my heart ^{▼▼Hebrew bowels} yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,

declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 31:25

25 For I will ^adsatisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”