Thus says the LORD, "Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, 'Where is the good way?' and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls." But they said, "We will not walk in it."

Therefore do not be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says the LORD; neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

"Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.

Dealt

I will sing to the LORD, because he has been good to me.

GIMEL. Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.

She will follow after her lovers, but she won't overtake them; and she will seek them, but won't find them. Then she will say, 'I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.'

General references

Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, he saves them out of their distresses.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.