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Zechariah 2:4
and said to him, "Run and tell that young man: 'Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.

Psalm 128:3, 4
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table. . . .

Psalm 144:12-15
Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace. . . .

Jeremiah 30:19, 20
Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled. . . .

Jeremiah 31:27
"The days are coming, " declares the LORD, "when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the offspring of man and of beast.

Jeremiah 33:11
the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: 'Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.' For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.

Lamentations 2:19
Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.

Matthew 11:16, 17
To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others: . . .