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Jeremiah 31:13
Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance; the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
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Matthew 11:16-17
“ But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companionsand say,‘ We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn’t lament.’
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Psalms 144:12-15
Then our sons will be like well- nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep produce thousands and ten thousands in our fields.Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.
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Jeremiah 31:27
“ Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh,“ that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of animal.
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Jeremiah 30:19-20
Thanksgiving will proceed out of them with the voice of those who make merry. I will multiply them, and they will not be few; I will also glorify them, and they will not be small.Their children also will be as before, and their congregation will be established before me. I will punish all who oppress them.
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Zechariah 2:4
and said to him,“ Run, speak to this young man, saying,‘ Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.
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Jeremiah 33:11
the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say,‘ Give thanks to Yahweh of Armies, for Yahweh is good, for his loving kindness endures forever;’ who bring thanksgiving into Yahweh’s house. For I will cause the captivity of the land to be reversed as at the first,” says Yahweh.
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Lamentations 2:19
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.
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Psalms 128:3-4
Your wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house, your children like olive plants around your table.Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh.