Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of
So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will
For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and
Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in
Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.
as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their
Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of y
So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also r
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a s
At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to
But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight
So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become
For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the he