Amos 9:14
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14 (A)I will bring back the captives of My people Israel;
(B)They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them;
They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them.
Isaiah 61:4
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4 And they shall (A)rebuild the old ruins,
They shall raise up the former desolations,
And they shall repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.
Jeremiah 30:3
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3 For behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘that (A)I will bring back from captivity My people Israel and Judah,’ says the Lord. (B)‘And I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.’ ”
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Jeremiah 30:18
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18 “Thus says the Lord:
‘Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob’s tents,
And (A)have mercy on his dwelling places;
The city shall be built upon its own [a]mound,
And the palace shall remain according to its own plan.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 30:18 ruins
Ezekiel 28:26
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26 And they will (A)dwell [a]safely there, (B)build houses, and (C)plant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God.” ’ ”
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- Ezekiel 28:26 securely
Jeremiah 31:28
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28 And it shall come to pass, that as I have (A)watched over them (B)to pluck up, to break down, to throw down, to destroy, and to afflict, so I will watch over them (C)to build and to plant, says the Lord.
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Isaiah 65:21
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21 (A)They shall build houses and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Psalm 53:6
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6 (A)Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When God brings back [a]the captivity of His people,
Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.
Footnotes
- Psalm 53:6 Or His captive people
Joel 3:1-2
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God Judges the Nations
3 “For behold, (A)in those days and at that time,
When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 (B)I will also gather all nations,
And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
And I (C)will enter into judgment with them there
On account of My people, My heritage Israel,
Whom they have scattered among the nations;
They have also divided up My land.
Ezekiel 39:25
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25 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: (A)‘Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob, and have mercy on the (B)whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name—
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Ezekiel 37:25-28
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25 (A)Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, (B)forever; and (C)My servant David shall be their prince forever. 26 Moreover I will [a]make (D)a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and (E)multiply them, and I will set My (F)sanctuary in their midst forevermore. 27 (G)My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be (H)their God, and they shall be My people. 28 (I)The nations also will know that I, the Lord, (J)sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.” ’ ”
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- Ezekiel 37:26 Lit. cut
Ezekiel 36:33-36
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33 ‘Thus says the Lord God: “On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will also enable you to dwell in the cities, (A)and the ruins shall be rebuilt. 34 The desolate land shall be tilled instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass by. 35 So they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of (B)Eden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’ 36 Then the nations which are left all around you shall know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted what was desolate. (C)I, the Lord, have spoken it, and I will do it.”
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Ezekiel 16:53
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53 (A)“When I bring back their captives, the captives of Sodom and her daughters, and the captives of Samaria and her daughters, then I will also bring back (B)the captives of your captivity among them,
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Jeremiah 31:38-40
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38 “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, that the city shall be built for the Lord (A)from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. 39 (B)The surveyor’s line shall again extend straight forward over the hill Gareb; then it shall turn toward Goath. 40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the Brook Kidron, (C)to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, (D)shall be holy to the Lord. It shall not be plucked up or thrown down anymore forever.”
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Jeremiah 31:23
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Future Prosperity of Judah
23 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “They shall again use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I bring back their captivity: (A)‘The Lord bless you, O home of justice, and (B)mountain of holiness!’
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Isaiah 62:8-9
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8 The Lord has sworn by His right hand
And by the arm of His strength:
“Surely I will no longer (A)give your grain
As food for your enemies;
And the sons of the foreigner shall not drink your new wine,
For which you have labored.
9 But those who have gathered it shall eat it,
And praise the Lord;
Those who have brought it together shall drink it (B)in My holy courts.”
Zephaniah 1:13
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13 Therefore their goods shall become booty,
And their houses a desolation;
They shall build houses, but not inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards, but (A)not drink their wine.”
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