Psalm 126:5-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
II
5 Those who sow in tears
will reap with cries of joy.(A)
6 Those who go forth weeping,
carrying sacks of seed,
Will return with cries of joy,
carrying their bundled sheaves.
Isaiah 61:3
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3 to place on those who mourn in Zion
a diadem instead of ashes,
To give them oil of gladness instead of mourning,
a glorious mantle instead of a faint spirit.
Restoration and Blessing
They will be called oaks of justice,
the planting of the Lord to show his glory.
Jeremiah 31:25
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
25 For I will slake the thirst of the faint; the appetite of all the weary I will satisfy.
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Revelation 7:16-17
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16 They will not hunger or thirst anymore,
nor will the sun or any heat strike them.(A)
17 For the Lamb who is in the center of the throne will shepherd them
and lead them to springs of life-giving water,[a]
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”(B)
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