Deuteronomy 30:3
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3 then the Lord your God will return you from your captivity and have compassion on you, gathering you again from all the peoples among whom the Lord your God has scattered you.(A)
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Jeremiah 29:14
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14 I will let you find me, says the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.(A)
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Ezekiel 36:24
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24 I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land.(A)
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Psalm 147:2
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2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
he gathers the outcasts of Israel.(A)
Lamentations 3:32
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32 Although he causes grief, he will have compassion
according to the abundance of his steadfast love;(A)
Zechariah 8:7-8
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7 Thus says the Lord of hosts: I will save my people from the east country and from the west country,(A) 8 and I will bring them to live in Jerusalem. They shall be my people and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness.”(B)
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Ezekiel 34:12-13
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12 As shepherds sort out their flocks when they are among scattered sheep,[a] so I will sort out my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places to which they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.(A) 13 I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them into their own land, and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited parts of the land.(B)
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- 34.12 Cn: Heb their scattered sheep
Lamentations 3:22
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- 3.22 Syr Tg: Heb Lord, we are not cut off
Romans 11:31
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31 so also they have now been disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they also may now[a] receive mercy.
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- 11.31 Other ancient authorities lack now
Jeremiah 31:10
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10 Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
and declare it in the coastlands far away;
say, “He who scattered Israel will gather him
and will keep him as a shepherd does a flock.”(A)
Ezra 1:1-4
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End of the Babylonian Captivity
1 In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, to fulfill the word of the Lord from the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also in writing, saying:(A)
2 “Thus says King Cyrus of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.(B) 3 Let any of those among you who are of his people—may their God be with them!—go up to Jerusalem in Judah and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; he is the God who is in Jerusalem.(C) 4 And let all survivors in whatever place they reside be assisted by the people of their place with silver and gold, with goods, and with livestock, besides freewill offerings for the house of God in Jerusalem.”
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Romans 11:23
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23 And even those of Israel,[a] if they do not continue in unbelief,[b] will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.(A)
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Jeremiah 32:37-44
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37 See, I am going to gather them from all the lands to which I drove them in my anger and my wrath and in great indignation; I will bring them back to this place, and I will settle them in safety.(A) 38 They shall be my people, and I will be their God. 39 I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for all time, for their own good and the good of their children after them.(B) 40 I will make an everlasting covenant with them, never to draw back from doing good to them, and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they may not turn from me. 41 I will rejoice in doing good to them, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.(C)
42 For thus says the Lord: Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good fortune that I now promise them.(D) 43 Fields shall be bought in this land of which you are saying, “It is a desolation, without humans or animals; it has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans.” 44 Fields shall be bought for silver, and deeds shall be signed and sealed and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, of the hill country, of the Shephelah, and of the Negeb, for I will restore their fortunes, says the Lord.(E)
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Isaiah 56:8
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8 Thus says the Lord God,
who gathers the outcasts of Israel:
I will gather others to them
besides those already gathered.[a](A)
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- 56.8 Heb besides his gathered ones
Psalm 106:45-47
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45 For their sake he remembered his covenant
and showed compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love.(A)
46 He caused them to be pitied
by all who held them captive.(B)
47 Save us, O Lord our God,
and gather us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
and glory in your praise.(C)
Romans 11:26
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26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written,
“Out of Zion will come the Deliverer;
he will banish ungodliness from Jacob.”(A)
Psalm 126:1-4
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Psalm 126
A Harvest of Joy
A Song of Ascents.
1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,[a]
we were like those who dream.(A)
2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then it was said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”(B)
3 The Lord has done great things for us,
and we rejoiced.(C)
4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
like the watercourses in the Negeb.(D)
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- 126.1 Or brought back those who returned to Zion
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