שָׂשׂוֹן

In the text

• Esther 8:16וְשָׂשֹׂן

  For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.

• Psalm 45:7שָׂשׂוֹן

  You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

• Isaiah 12:3בְּשָׂשׂוֹן

  With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,

• Jeremiah 7:34שָׂשׂוֹן

  I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”

• Joel 1:12שָׂשׂוֹן

  The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.

• Zechariah 8:19לְשָׂשׂוֹן

  “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”

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