Luke 1:70-
75 As he
spake by the mouth of his holy prophets,
which have been since the world began: ... In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Psalms 98:3 He hath
remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel:
all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Isaiah 44:21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for
thou [art] my servant: I have formed thee; thou [
art] my servant: O Israel,
thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
Isaiah 46:3-
4 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all
the remnant of the house of Israel, which are
borne [
by me] from the belly, which are carried from the womb: ... And
[even] to [your] old age I [
am] he; and
[even] to hoar hairs will I carry [
you]: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver [
you].
Isaiah 49:14-
16 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and
my Lord hath forgotten me. ... Behold,
I have graven thee upon the palms of [
my] hands;
thy walls [
are] continually before me.
Isaiah 54:6-
10 For the LORD hath called thee as
a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and
a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. ... For
the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall
the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD
that hath mercy on thee.
Isaiah 63:7-
16 I will
mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, [
and] the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and
the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them
according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. ... Doubtless
thou [art] our father,
though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, [
art] our father, our
redeemer; thy name [is] from everlasting.
Jeremiah 31:3 The LORD hath appeared
of old unto me, [
saying], Yea, I have loved thee with
an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Jeremiah 31:20 [Is] Ephraim my dear son? [
is he] a pleasant child?
for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore
my bowels are troubled for him;
I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 33:24-
26 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying,
The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off?
thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. ... Then
will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, [
so] that
I will not take [
any] of his seed [
to be] rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return,
and have mercy on them.
Micah 7:20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [
and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Zephaniah 3:14-
20 Sing, O daughter of Zion;
shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem. ... At that time will I bring you [
again],
even in the time that I gather you:
for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when
I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.
Zechariah 9:9-
11 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem:
behold, thy King cometh unto thee:
he [is] just, and
having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. ...
As for thee also,
by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners
out of the pit wherein [
is] no water.