Come, Follow Me · Old Testament 2026 · October 26 – November 1
“I Will Turn Their Mourning into Joy”
Jeremiah 31–33; 36–39; Lamentations 1; 3
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“I Will Turn Their Mourning into Joy”
Jeremiah 31–33; 36–39; Lamentations 1; 3
A lit clay oil lamp on a stone ledge, with a walled hilltop city under a dawn sky behind it.
The Lord will bring His covenant people out of captivity.
Jeremiah 31–33; 36–39; Lamentations 1; 3
Open iron fetters and a broken chain lie on a dirt path that climbs through olive trees to the gate of a small walled town at sunrise.
“They shall be my people, and I will be their God.”
Jeremiah 31:33
A smooth golden heart rests on a flat stone tablet that is broken in two, with olive branches around it.
The scriptures have power to turn me away from evil.
Jeremiah 31–33; 36–39; Lamentations 1; 3
A rolled scroll burns in a clay brazier full of coals. On the brick floor in front lie a small plain knife and two cut strips of the scroll.
I can be bold in standing up for what is right.
Jeremiah 31–33; 36–39; Lamentations 1; 3
A cutaway view of a deep stone-lined cistern in the ground under a blue sky. A rope padded with rags is tied over the rim and hangs down to the mud at the bottom, lit by a shaft of sunlight.
The Lord can relieve the sorrow I experience because of sin.
Lamentations 1:1
An empty, ruined city with a broken gate, fallen walls, broken jars and smoke rising into a grey sky.
The Lord can relieve the sorrow I experience because of sin.
Lamentations 3:21–23
The morning sun shines through a gap in a ruined wall onto white flowers wet with dew.
The Lord can relieve the sorrow I experience because of sin.
Jeremiah 31–33; 36–39; Lamentations 1; 3
A single clay oil lamp burns steadily in the dark.
“I Will Turn Their Mourning into Joy”
Jeremiah 31:13
A timbrel with ribbons rests among flowers and an olive branch above vineyards at sunrise.
Heavenly Father and Jesus love me “with an everlasting love.”
Jeremiah 31:3
A white lamb rests in a flowering meadow beside a shepherd’s staff leaning on a stone at sunrise.
The scriptures are the word of God.
Jeremiah 36:4
A blank scroll lies open on a wooden table with a reed pen across it and a clay inkpot beside it.
I can stand up for what is right.
Jeremiah 31–33; 36–39; Lamentations 1; 3
Looking down at a stone courtyard: a coil of thick rope and a pile of old rags lie beside the open mouth of a cistern, and the rope, with rags tied on it, runs down into the dark pit.
The Savior made it possible for me to be forgiven of my sins.
Lamentations 3:22–23
A clean white robe hangs on a rope line at sunrise, with a clay basin of clear water and a jug on the ground below.
Sources
The headings, questions, ideas and scripture in this presentation come from these official pages. Each link opens the Gospel Library in your language.
- Come, Follow Me, For Home and Church: Old Testament 2026: “I Will Turn Their Mourning into Joy” (Jeremiah 31–33; 36–39; Lamentations 1; 3)
- Jeremiah 31: 3, 13, 16–17, 31–34
- Jeremiah 32: 37–42
- Jeremiah 36: 4, 8, 23, 28, 32
- Jeremiah 37: 2–3, 17
- Jeremiah 38: 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 20
- Jeremiah 39: 9
- Lamentations 1: 1
- Lamentations 3: 21–23
The quotation from President M. Russell Ballard is from “The Joy of Hope Fulfilled,” Ensign, Nov. 1992, 31–32, as quoted in the official lesson.
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