As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.

The Lord is merciful and fair; our God is compassionate.

Though he causes us grief, he then has compassion on us according to the abundance of his loyal kindness.

Then you will call your brother, “My People” (Ammi)! You will call your sister, “Pity” (Ruhamah)!

Then I will plant her as my own in the land. I will have pity on ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah). I will say to ‘Not My People’ (Lo-Ammi), ‘You are my people!’ And he will say, ‘You are my God!’”

The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.

You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. For it is time to have mercy on her, for the appointed time has come.

Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; they have no compassion on a person’s offspring, they will not look with pity on children.

Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!

In a burst of anger I rejected you momentarily, but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,” says your protector, the Lord.

Foreigners will rebuild your walls; their kings will serve you. Even though I struck you down in my anger, I will restore my favor and have compassion on you.

But after I have uprooted the people of those nations, I will relent and have pity on them. I will restore the people of each of those nations to their own lands and to their own country.

I will have compassion on you so that he in turn will have mercy on you and allow you to return to your land.’

I will have no pity on her children, because they are children conceived in adultery.

You will once again have mercy on us; you will conquer our evil deeds; you will hurl our sins into the depths of the sea.

And the Lord said, “I will make all my goodness pass before your face, and I will proclaim the Lord by name before you; I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy.”

Indeed, the people of Israel are my dear children. They are the children I take delight in. For even though I must often rebuke them, I still remember them with fondness. So I am deeply moved with pity for them and will surely have compassion on them. I, the Lord, affirm it!

the Lord your God will reverse your captivity and have pity on you. He will turn and gather you from all the peoples among whom he has scattered you.

Forgive all the rebellious acts of your sinful people and cause their captors to have mercy on them.

The Lord will certainly have compassion on Jacob; he will again choose Israel as his special people and restore them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family of Jacob.