~ compassion before them ~ 11_1KI_08_50  And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them, #, 14_2CH_30_09  For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children [shall find] compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land, for the LORD your God [is] gracious and merciful, and will not turn away [his] face from you, if ye return unto him. #,