Deuteronomy 30:3-6

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³then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes^[a]^(A) and have compassion^(B) on you and gather^(C) you again from all the nations where he scattered^(D) you.^(E) ⁴Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens,^(F) from there the Lord your God will gather^(G) you and bring you back.^(H) ⁵He will bring^(I) you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous^(J) than your ancestors. ⁶The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants,^(K) so that you may love^(L) him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.

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Deuteronomy 30:3 Or will bring you back from captivity

Isaiah 11:11-16

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¹¹In that day^(A) the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant^(B) of his people from Assyria,^(C) from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,^(D) from Cush,^[a]^(E) from Elam,^(F) from Babylonia,^[b] from Hamath^(G) and from the islands^(H) of the Mediterranean.^(I)

¹²He will raise a banner^(J) for the nations
    and gather^(K) the exiles of Israel;^(L)
he will assemble the scattered people^(M) of Judah
    from the four quarters of the earth.^(N)
¹³Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
    and Judah’s enemies^[c] will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
    nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.^(O)
¹⁴They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia^(P) to the west;
    together they will plunder the people to the east.^(Q)
They will subdue Edom^(R) and Moab,^(S)
    and the Ammonites^(T) will be subject to them.^(U)
¹⁵The Lord will dry up^(V)
    the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind^(W) he will sweep his hand^(X)
    over the Euphrates River.^(Y)
He will break it up into seven streams
    so that anyone can cross over in sandals.^(Z)
¹⁶There will be a highway^(AA) for the remnant^(AB) of his people
    that is left from Assyria,^(AC)
as there was for Israel
    when they came up from Egypt.^(AD)

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Isaiah 11:11 That is, the upper Nile region
Isaiah 11:11 Hebrew Shinar
Isaiah 11:13 Or hostility

Jeremiah 24:5-7

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⁵“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I sent^(A) away from this place to the land of the Babylonians.^[a] ⁶My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back^(B) to this land. I will build^(C) them up and not tear them down; I will plant^(D) them and not uproot them. ⁷I will give them a heart to know^(E) me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people,^(F) and I will be their God, for they will return^(G) to me with all their heart.^(H)

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Jeremiah 24:5 Or Chaldeans

Philippians 1:21-26

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²¹For to me, to live is Christ^(A) and to die is gain. ²²If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! ²³I am torn between the two: I desire to depart^(B) and be with Christ,^(C) which is better by far; ²⁴but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body. ²⁵Convinced of this, I know that I will remain, and I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, ²⁶so that through my being with you again your boasting in Christ Jesus will abound on account of me.