- A voice:
- "Why¹ criestª° thou for¹ thine affliction?ª thy sorrowª [is] incurableª° for¹ the multitudeª of thine iniquity:ª [because] thy sinsª were increased,ª° I have doneª° these¹ things unto thee. ... For¹ I will restoreª° healthª unto thee, and I will healª° thee of thy wounds,ª¹ saithª° the LORD;ª because¹ they calledª° thee an Outcast,ª° [saying], This¹ [is] Zion,ª whom no¹ man seeketh¹ after.²°" {Jer 30:15-17} + "They shall comeª° with weeping,ª and with supplicationsª will I leadª° them: I will cause them to walk²°¹ by¹ the riversª of watersª in a straightª way,ª wherein they shall not¹ stumble:ª° for¹ I am¹ a fatherª to Israel,ª and Ephraimª [is] my firstborn.ª" {Jer 31:9} + "I have surely²° heardª° Ephraimª bemoaning²° himself¹ [thus]; Thou hast chastisedª° me, and I was chastised,ª° as a bullockª unaccustomedªª° [to the yoke]: turnª° thou me, and I shall be turned;ª° for¹ thou¹ [art] the LORDª my God.ª ... [Is] Ephraimª my dearª son?ª [is he] a pleasantª child?ª for¹ sinceª¹ I spakeª° against him, I do earnestly²° rememberª° him still:¹ therefore¹¹ my bowelsª are troubledª° for him; I will surely²° have mercyª° upon him, saithª° the LORD.ª" {Jer 31:18-20} + "In those¹ days,ª and in that¹ time,ª saithª° the LORD,ª the childrenª of Israelª shall come,ª° they¹ and the childrenª of Judahª together,ª goingª° and weeping:ª° they shall go,²°¹ and seekª° the LORDª their God.ª ... They shall askª° the wayª to Zionª with their facesª thitherward,ª [saying], Come,ª° and let us join²° ourselves¹ to¹ the LORDª in a perpetualª covenantª [that] shall not¹ be forgotten.ª°" {Jer 50:4-5} + "He is gone upª° to Bajith,ª and to Dibon,ª the high places,ª to weep:ª Moabª shall howlª° over¹ Nebo,ª and over¹ Medeba:ª on all¹ their headsª [shall be] baldness,ª [and] every¹ beardª cut off.²°¹" {Isa 15:2} + "But they that escapeª° of them shall escape,ª and shall be¹ on¹ the mountainsª like dovesª of the valleys,ª all¹ of them mourning,ª° every oneª for his iniquity.ª" {Ezk 7:16} + "And I will pourª° upon¹ the houseª of David,ª and upon¹ the inhabitantsª° of Jerusalem,ª the spiritª of graceª and of supplications:ª and they shall lookª° upon¹ me¹ whom¹ they have pierced,ª° and they shall mourn²¹ for¹ him, as one mourneth²°¹ for¹ [his] onlyª [son], and shall be in bitternessª° for¹ him, as one that is in bitternessª° for¹ [his] firstborn.ª ... All¹ the familiesª that remain,ª° every familyª apart,¹ and their wivesª apart.¹" {Zch 12:10-14} + "Forª godlyªª sorrowª workethª° repentanceª toª salvationª not to be repented of:ª butª the¹ sorrowª of the¹ worldª workethª° death.ª" {2Co 7:10}
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