The Lord says,“ Do not weep anymore. Do not let tears fall from your eyes. I will reward you for your work,” announces the Lord.“ Your children will return from the land of the enemy.

耶和华如此说：“你禁止声音不要哀哭，禁止眼目不要流泪，因你所做之工必有赏赐；他们必从敌国归回。这是耶和华说的。”

耶和华如此说：“不要出声哀哭，你的眼目也不要流泪；因你的辛劳必有报偿，他们必从仇敌之地归回。这是耶和华说的。

耶和华如此说：“不要出声哀哭，你的眼目也不要流泪；因你的辛劳必有报偿，他们必从仇敌之地归回。这是耶和华说的。

耶和华说：“不要哭泣，不要流泪，因为你的劳苦必有回报，你的儿女必从敌国回来。这是耶和华说的。

耶和华这样说：“止住你的声音，不要哭泣，抑制你的眼睛不要再流泪，因为你所作的必有果效；他们必从仇敌之地回来。”这是耶和华的宣告。

耶和華如此說：你禁止聲音不要哀哭，禁止眼目不要流淚，因你所做之工必有賞賜；他們必從敵國歸回。這是耶和華說的。

耶和華如此說：「不要出聲哀哭，你的眼目也不要流淚；因你的辛勞必有報償，他們必從仇敵之地歸回。這是耶和華說的。

耶和華如此說：「不要出聲哀哭，你的眼目也不要流淚；因你的辛勞必有報償，他們必從仇敵之地歸回。這是耶和華說的。

耶和華說：「不要哭泣，不要流淚，因為你的勞苦必有回報，你的兒女必從敵國回來。這是耶和華說的。

耶和華這樣說：“止住你的聲音，不要哭泣，抑制你的眼睛不要再流淚，因為你所作的必有果效；他們必從仇敵之地回來。”這是耶和華的宣告。

永恆主這麼說：『要抑制你的聲音不要哭，要抑制你的眼不要流淚；因為你所作的工必有賞報，永恆主發神諭說，他們必從仇敵之地回來。

耶和華曰、禁爾聲、勿號泣、止爾目、勿流涕、緣爾之工必獲賞賚、必自敵國而返、耶和華言之矣、

耶和華曰、毋號哭、毋出涕、蓋爾子必返自敵國、產育之苦、終必得甘。

主如是云、禁爾聲勿號哭、禁爾目勿下淚、爾勤勞有賞可得、彼必返自敵國、此乃主所言、

This is what the Lord says:“ Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,” declares the Lord.“ They will return from the land of the enemy.

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 they shall come back from the land of the enemy.

But now this is what the Lord says:“ Do not weep any longer, for I will reward you,” says the Lord.“ Your children will come back to you from the distant land of the enemy.

This is what the LORD says: Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come— this is the LORD’s declaration— and your children will return from the enemy’s land.

This is what the Lord says:“ Restrain your voice from weeping And your eyes from tears; For your work will be rewarded,” declares the Lord,“ And they will return from the land of the enemy.

Thus says the Lord:“ Refrain your voice from weeping, And your eyes from tears; For your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord, And they shall come back from the land of the enemy.

Thus saith Jehovah: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith Jehovah; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

This is what the Lord says: Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come— this is the Lord’s declaration— and your children will return from the enemy’s land.

Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

The LORD says to her,“ Stop crying! Do not shed any more tears! For your heartfelt repentance will be rewarded. Your children will return from the land of the enemy. I, the LORD, affirm it!

Yahweh says:“ Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work will be rewarded,” says Yahweh.“ They will come again from the land of the enemy.

A new day is coming,’ ” announces the Lord.“‘ At that time I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from where they have been taken as prisoners. I will bring them back to this land. I gave it to their people of long ago to have as their own,’ ” says the Lord.

May the Lord reward you for what you have done. May the Lord, the God of Israel, bless you richly. You have come to him to find safety under his care.”

God is fair. He will not forget what you have done. He will remember the love you have shown him. You showed it when you helped his people. And you show it when you keep on helping them.

I will bring Judah and Israel back from the places where they have been taken. I will build up the nation again. It will be just as it was before.

Without faith it is impossible to please God. Those who come to God must believe that he exists. And they must believe that he rewards those who look to him.

I will be found by you,” announces the Lord.“ And I will bring you back from where you were taken as prisoners. I will gather you from all the nations. I will gather you from the places where I have forced you to go,” announces the Lord.“ I will bring you back to the place I sent you away from.”

The Lord says,“ I will bless Jacob’s people with great success again. I will show tender love to Israel. Jerusalem will be rebuilt where it was destroyed. The palace will stand in its proper place.

But be strong. Don’t give up. God will reward you for your work.”

People of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you won’t weep anymore. When you cry out to the Lord for help, he will have mercy on you. As soon as he hears you, he’ll answer you.

They came to the home of the synagogue leader. There Jesus saw a lot of confusion. People were crying and sobbing loudly.He went inside. Then he said to them,“ Why all this confusion and sobbing? The child is not dead. She is only sleeping.”

“ I myself will gather together those who are left alive in my flock. I will gather them out of all the countries where I have driven them. And I will bring them back to their own land. There my sheep will have many lambs. There will be many more of them.

I will bring you back from the nations. I will gather you together from the countries where you have been scattered. Then I will accept you as if you were sweet- smelling incense. I will show that I am holy among you. The nations will see it.I will bring you into the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord. Long ago I raised my hand and made a promise. I promised to give that land to your people of long ago.

His anger lasts for only a moment. But his favor lasts for a person’s whole life. Weeping can stay for the night. But joy comes in the morning.

The people of Judah and Israel will come together again. They will appoint one leader and come up out of the land. And Jezreel’s day will be great.

We believe that Jesus died and rose again. When he returns, many who believe in him will have died already. We believe that God will bring them back with Jesus.

They will be the sounds of joy and gladness. The voices of brides and grooms will fill the streets. And the voices of those who bring thank offerings to my house will be heard there. They will say,“‘ Give thanks to the Lord who rules over all, because he is good. His faithful love continues forever.’ That’s because I will bless this land with great success again. It will be as it was before,” says the Lord.

He will swallow up death forever. The Lord and King will wipe away the tears from everyone’s face. He will remove the shame of his people from the whole earth. The Lord has spoken.

Then everyone God had inspired prepared to go. They wanted to go up to Jerusalem and build the Lord’ s temple there. They included the family leaders of Judah and Benjamin. They also included the priests and Levites.All their neighbors helped them. They gave them silver and gold objects. They gave them goods and livestock. And they gave them gifts of great value. All those things were added to the other offerings the people chose to give.King Cyrus also brought out the objects that belonged to the Lord’ s temple. Nebuchadnezzar had carried them off from Jerusalem. He had put them in the temple of his own god.Cyrus, the king of Persia, told Mithredath to bring them out. Mithredath was in charge of the temple treasures. He counted those objects. Then he gave them to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.Here is a list of the objects. There were 30 gold dishes. There were 1,000 silver dishes. There were 29 silver pans.There were 30 gold bowls. There were 410 matching silver bowls. There were 1,000 other objects.The total number of gold and silver objects was 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought all of these back with him to Jerusalem. So Sheshbazzar and the Jews who had been forced to leave Judah came up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Go and enjoy your food. Be joyful as you drink your wine. God has already approved what you do.

I will build you up again. Nation of Israel, you will be rebuilt. Once again you will use your tambourines to celebrate. You will go out and dance with joy.Once again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria. Farmers will plant them. They will enjoy their fruit.

They asked her,“ Woman, why are you crying?”“ They have taken my Lord away,” she said.“ I don’t know where they have put him.”Then she turned around and saw Jesus standing there. But she didn’t realize that it was Jesus.He asked her,“ Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?” She thought he was the gardener. So she said,“ Sir, did you carry him away? Tell me where you put him. Then I will go and get him.”

Joseph couldn’t control himself anymore in front of all his attendants. He cried out,“ Have everyone leave me!” So there wasn’t anyone with Joseph when he told his brothers who he was.

Then he washed his face and came out. He calmed down and said,“ Serve the food.”

“ Tell them,‘ The Lord and King says,“ I will gather you from the nations. I will bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered. I will give you back the land of Israel.” ’“ They will return to it. They will remove all its statues of evil gods. I hate those gods.