And they put away the strange gods from the midst of them, and served the Lord only, and His soul was pained for the trouble of Israel.

For You, O Lord, are kind and gentle, and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon You.

But You, O Lord God, are compassionate and merciful, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and true.

As a father pities [his] children, the Lord pities them that fear Him.

out of all their affliction; not an ambassador, nor a messenger, but [He H]imself saved them, because He loved them and spared them; He Himself redeemed them, and took them up, and lifted them up all the days of old.

Ephraim is a beloved son, a pleasing child to Me: for because My words are in him, I will surely remember him. Therefore I made haste [to help] him. I will surely have mercy upon him, says the Lord.

CHAPH. For He that has brought down will pity, and that according to the abundance of His mercy.

He has not answered in anger from His heart, though He has brought low the children of a man.

I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been remaining with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled.

Jesus wept.

Therefore He was obligated to become like His brothers in all [respects], in order that He might become a merciful and faithful High Priest in things [pertaining] to God, in order that He might make propitiation for the sins of the people.

For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but having been tempted in all [respects] in quite the same way as [we are], yet without sin.

Now all were weeping and mourning for her; but He said, "Do not weep; she is not dead, but asleep."

A voice was heard in Ramah, [that] of lamentation, and of weeping, and wailing- Rachel would not cease weeping for her children, because they are not.

Thus says the Lord: Let your voice cease from weeping, and your eyes from your tears; for your work shall be rewarded, and they shall return from the land of [your] enemies.

Then they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they put Him."

Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, "Sir, if You carried Him away, tell me where You put Him, and I will take Him away."

and those weeping as though not weeping, and those rejoicing as though not rejoicing, and those buying as though not possessing,

Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, concerning those who have died, lest you be sorrowful as those who have no hope.