15 “Mother, embrace your children. I will bring them out with gladness like a dove does. Establish their feet, for I have chosen you, says the Lord. (WEB) 16 I will raise those who are dead up again from their places, and bring them out from their tombs, for I recognize my name in them. (WEB) 17 Don’t be afraid, you mother of children, for I have chosen you, says the Lord. (WEB)
2 Esdras 2:15–17
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2 Esdras 2:29–31
29 My hands will cover you, so that your children don’t see Gehenna. (WEB) 30 Be joyful, mother, with your children, for I will deliver you, says the Lord. (WEB) 31 Remember your children who sleep, for I will bring them out of the secret places of the earth and show mercy to them,… (WEB)
Isaiah 43:4–6
4 Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life. 5 Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west. 6 I will…
Baruch 4:29–31
29 For he who brought these calamities upon you will bring you everlasting joy again with your salvation. (WEB) 30 Take courage, O Jerusalem, for he who called you by name will comfort you. (WEB) 31 Miserable are those who afflicted you and rejoiced at your fall. (WEB)
Isaiah 41:8–10
8 “But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend— 9 I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you. 10 Do not fear, for I a…
Odes of Solomon 8:14–16
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Baruch 4:4–6
4 O Israel, we are happy; for the things that are pleasing to God are made known to us. (WEB) 5 Be of good cheer, my people, the memorial of Israel. (WEB) 6 You were not sold to the nations for destruction, but because you moved God to wrath, you were delivered to your adversari… (WEB)
Baruch 4:36–37
36 O Jerusalem, look around you toward the east, and behold the joy that comes to you from God. (WEB) 37 Behold, your sons come, whom you sent away. They come gathered together from the east to the west at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God. (WEB)
Isaiah 54:6–8
6 For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God. 7 “For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back. 8 In a surge of anger I hid My face from you f…
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