Verse 5

And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 30:19-20 : 19 Out of them will come songs of thanksgiving and the sound of rejoicing. I will increase their numbers, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be despised. 20 Their children will be as they were in former times, and their community will be established before Me. I will punish all who oppress them.
  • Jer 31:13 : 13 The young women will rejoice and dance, and the young men and the old together. I will turn their mourning into joy; I will comfort them and give them gladness in place of sorrow.
  • Jer 31:27 : 27 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of people and the seed of animals.
  • Jer 33:11 : 11 The sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bridegroom and the bride, the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord, saying, 'Give thanks to the Lord Almighty, for the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever,' will again be heard. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first, says the Lord.
  • Lam 2:19 : 19 Arise, cry out in the night, at the start of the night watches; pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your little children who faint from hunger at every street corner.
  • Zech 2:4 : 4 I asked, 'What are these coming to do?' And he answered, 'These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could lift his head. But these craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down the horns of the nations who lifted their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.'
  • Matt 11:16-17 : 16 To what can I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to their companions: 17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
  • Ps 128:3-4 : 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. 4 Behold, this is how the man who fears the Lord will be blessed.
  • Ps 144:12-15 : 12 May our sons be like well-nurtured plants growing up in their youth, our daughters like pillars carved for a palace. 13 May our storehouses be full, producing all kinds of supply; may our sheep increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields. 14 May our oxen be strong for heavy labor, with no breach or leaving of the gates, and no outcry in our streets. 15 Blessed are the people whose situation is such; blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.