Wednesday, October 17, 2012

JOY Isaiah 61:3

... and provide for those who grieve in Zion--to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.

to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes 
Job 2:8  Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.
Job 42:6  "Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."
Matthew 11:21  "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes."

the oil of joy 
Ruth 3:3  "Wash, put on perfume, and get dressed in your best clothes. Then go down to the threshing floor, but don't let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking."
Isaiah 1:6  "From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there is no soundness--only wounds and welts and open sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with olive oil."
Hebrews 1:9  "You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy."

instead of mourning 
Jeremiah 31:13  "Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow."
Matthew 5:4  "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted."

They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD 
Psalm 1:3  That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither--whatever they do prospers.
Psalm 92:12-13  The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of God.
Matthew 15:13  He replied, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots."
1 Corinthians 3:9  For we are co-workers in God's service; you are God's field, God's building.

for the display of his splendor 
Isaiah 44:23  Sing for joy, you heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud you earth beneath. Burst into song, you mountains, you forests and all your trees, for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, he displays his glory in Israel.

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