Psalms 126:2-3
2Then our amouth was filled with laughter,and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then they said among the nations,
b“The Lord has done great things for them.”
3The Lord has done great things for us;
we are glad.
Isaiah 62:2-3
2 cThe nations shall see your righteousness,and all the kings your glory,
dand you shall be called by a new name
that the mouth of the Lord will give.
3You shall be ea crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
Isaiah 62:7
7and give him no restuntil he establishes Jerusalem
and makes it fa praise in the earth.
Isaiah 62:12
12 gAnd they shall be called The Holy People,The Redeemed of the Lord;
hand you shall be called Sought Out,
A City Not Forsaken.
Jeremiah 13:11
11For as the loincloth clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, declares the Lord, ithat they might be for me a people, ja name, a praise, and a glory, but they would not listen.Jeremiah 31:4
4 kAgain I will build you, and you shall be built,O virgin Israel!
lAgain you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
and shall go forth in mthe dance of the merrymakers.
Zephaniah 3:17-20
17 nThe Lord your God is in your midst,oa mighty one who will save;
phe will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.
18I will gather those of you who mourn qfor the festival,
so that you will no longer suffer reproach. ▼
▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
19Behold, at that time sI will deal
with all your oppressors.
And tI will save the lame
and gather the outcast,
and I will change utheir shame into vpraise
and renown in all the earth.
20 wAt that time I will bring you in,
at the time when I gather you together;
for I will make you renowned and praised
among all the peoples of the earth,
xwhen I restore your fortunes
before your eyes,” says the Lord.
Zechariah 8:20-23
20“Thus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, even the inhabitants of many cities. 21The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, y‘Let us go at once zto entreat the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts; I myself am going.’ 22 aaMany peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and abto entreat the favor of the Lord. 23Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days acten men adfrom the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for aewe have heard that God is with you.’”
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