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Don't worry; when the day of trouble and distress comes, others will cry and mourn, but you will be happy and rich.
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The other nations will be jealous of you, but they will not be able to harm you.
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"I will protect you with my power and save your children from hell.
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Be happy, Jerusalem, you and your children, because I, the Lord, will rescue you.
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Remember your children who are asleep in their graves; I, the Lord Almighty, am merciful, and I will bring them out from the place where they lie hidden in the earth.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.