Jeremiah 42:12
“And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.”
If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the Lord: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.
But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the Lord your God,
Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
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“O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.”
“And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.”
“When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.”
“Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.”
“He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.”