'Come let us return to the Lord! He has torn us to pieces, but now he will heal us; he has injured us, but now he will bind up our wounds. After two days he will revive us, on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his his presence. Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to know him. As surely as the sun rises he will appear, he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.' Hosea 6: 1-3

'(He has sent me...) to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord that he might be glorified.' Isaiah 61: 3.