The Lord Will Restore Israel

²⁵ “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Now ^(A)I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on ^(B)the whole house of Israel, and ^(C)I will be jealous for my holy name.

¹³ And I will bring them out from the peoples ^(A)and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on ^(B)the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

¹² In that day ^(A)from the river Euphrates^[a] to the Brook of Egypt the Lord will thresh out the grain, and you will be gleaned one by one, O people of Israel. ¹³ And in that day ^(B)a great trumpet will be blown, ^(C)and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt ^(D)will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.

¹¹ And ^(A)the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and ^(B)they shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

²¹ then say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, ^(A)I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and ^(B)bring them to their own land. ²² And ^(C)I will make them one nation in the land, on ^(D)the mountains of Israel. And ^(E)one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer ^(F)two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms.

^40 (A)“For on my holy mountain, the mountain height of Israel, declares the Lord God, there ^(B)all the house of Israel, all of them, shall serve me in the land. ^(C)There I will accept them, and there I will require your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your sacred offerings.

The Lord Will Turn Mourning to Joy

31 ^(A)“At that time, declares the Lord, ^(B)I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people.”

^3 (A)For behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, ^(B)when I will restore ^(C)the fortunes of my people, ^(D)Israel and Judah, says the Lord, ^(E)and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall take possession of it.”