This is what the Lord says:

Stand by the roadways and look.
Ask about the ancient paths:
Which is the way to what is good?
Then take it
and find rest for yourselves.
But they protested, “We won’t!”

As for you, My servant Jacob,
do not be afraid—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
and do not be dismayed, Israel,
for without fail I will save you from far away,
your descendants, from the land of their captivity!
Jacob will return and have calm and quiet
with no one to frighten him.

“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

Dealt

I will sing to the Lord
because He has treated me generously.

ג GimelDeal generously with Your servant
so that I might live;
then I will keep Your word.

She will pursue her lovers but not catch them;
she will seek them but not find them.
Then she will think,
“I will go back to my former husband,
for then it was better for me than now.”

General references

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distress.

Those who mourn are blessed,

for they will be comforted.