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.

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Afterward (A)the children of Israel shall return and (B)seek the Lord their God, and (C)David their king, (D)and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the (E)latter days.

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(A)“In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, (B)the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, (C)weeping as they come, and they (D)shall seek the Lord their God. (E)They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, (F)saying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an (G)everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’

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12 He will raise (A)a signal for the nations
    and will assemble (B)the banished of Israel,
and gather the dispersed of Judah
    from the four corners of the earth.
13 (C)The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart,
    and those who harass Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah,
    and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

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16 (A)“Son of man, (B)take a stick[a] and write on it, ‘For (C)Judah, and (D)the people of Israel associated with him’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For (E)Joseph (the stick of (F)Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him.’ 17 And (G)join them one to another into one stick, that (H)they may become (I)one in your hand. 18 And when (J)your people say to you, (K)‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’ 19 say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am about to take (L)the stick of Joseph (that is in the hand of Ephraim) and the tribes of Israel associated with him. And I will join with it the (M)stick of Judah,[b] and (N)make them one stick, (O)that they may be one in my hand. 20 When the sticks on which you write are in your hand (P)before their eyes, 21 then say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, (Q)I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and (R)bring them to their own land. 22 And (S)I will make them one nation in the land, on (T)the mountains of Israel. And (U)one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer (V)two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms. 23 (W)They shall not (X)defile themselves anymore (Y)with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But (Z)I will save them from all the backslidings[c] in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and (AA)they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

24 “My servant (AB)David (AC)shall be king over them, and they shall all have (AD)one shepherd. (AE)They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. 25 (AF)They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there (AG)forever, and David my servant shall be their prince (AH)forever.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 37:16 Or one piece of wood; also verses 17, 19, 20
  2. Ezekiel 37:19 Hebrew And I will place them on it, the stick of Judah
  3. Ezekiel 37:23 Many Hebrew manuscripts; other Hebrew manuscripts dwellings

(A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous (B)Branch, and (C)he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and (D)Israel will (E)dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: (F)‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

(G)“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when they shall no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’ but ‘As the Lord lives who brought up and led the offspring of the house of Israel out of the north country and out of all the countries where he[a] had driven them.’ Then they shall dwell in their own land.”

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  1. Jeremiah 23:8 Septuagint; Hebrew I

27 All (A)the ends of the earth shall remember
    and turn to the Lord,
and all (B)the families of the nations
    shall worship before you.
28 For (C)kingship belongs to the Lord,
    and he rules over the nations.

29 All (D)the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;
    before him shall (E)bow all who go down to the dust,
    even the one who could not (F)keep himself alive.
30 Posterity shall serve him;
    it shall be told of the Lord to the coming (G)generation;

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The Mystery of Israel's Salvation

25 (A)Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers:[a] (B)a partial hardening has come upon Israel, (C)until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written,

(D)“The Deliverer will come (E)from Zion,
    he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”;

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  1. Romans 11:25 Or brothers and sisters

15 For if their rejection means (A)the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?

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(A)“I will strengthen the house of Judah,
    and (B)I will save the house of Joseph.
(C)I will bring them back (D)because I have compassion on them,
    and they shall be as though I had not rejected them,
    for (E)I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.
Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior,
    and (F)their hearts shall be glad as with wine.
Their children shall see it and be glad;
    their hearts shall rejoice in the Lord.

(G)“I will whistle for them and (H)gather them in,
    for I have redeemed them,
    and (I)they shall be as many as they were before.
(J)Though I scattered them among the nations,
    yet in far countries (K)they shall remember me,
    and with their children they shall live and return.

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12 I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob;
    (A)I will gather (B)the remnant of Israel;
I will set them together
    like sheep in a fold,
(C)like a flock in its pasture,
    a noisy multitude of men.
13 (D)He who opens the breach goes up before them;
    they break through and pass the gate,
    (E)going out by it.
Their king passes on before them,
    (F)the Lord at their head.

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22 and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil,
    and they shall answer (A)Jezreel,[a]
23     and (B)I will sow her for myself in the land.
And (C)I (D)will have mercy on No Mercy,[b]
    and (E)I will say to Not My People,[c] (F)‘You are my people’;
    and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God will sow
  2. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ruhama
  3. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ammi

23 And (A)I will set up over them one shepherd, (B)my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24 And (C)I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. (D)I am the Lord; I have spoken.

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60 yet (A)I will remember my covenant with you (B)in the days of your youth, (C)and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant. 61 (D)Then you will remember your ways (E)and be ashamed when you take (F)your sisters, both your elder and your younger, and I give them to you (G)as daughters, but not on account of[a] the covenant with you. 62 I will establish my covenant with you, (H)and you shall know that I am the Lord, 63 that you may remember and be confounded, and (I)never open your mouth again because of your shame, when I atone for you for all that you have done, declares the Lord God.”

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  1. Ezekiel 16:61 Or not apart from

19 (A)I will restore Israel to his pasture, and (B)he shall feed on (C)Carmel and in (D)Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in (E)Gilead.

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33 (A)For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: (B)I will put my law within them, and I will write it (C)on their hearts. (D)And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

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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.”

Thus says the Lord:
“The people who survived the sword
    found grace in the wilderness;
(C)when Israel sought for rest,
    the Lord appeared to him[a] from far away.
(D)I have loved you with an everlasting love;
    therefore (E)I have continued (F)my faithfulness to you.
(G)Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
    O virgin Israel!
(H)Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
    and shall go forth in (I)the dance of the merrymakers.
(J)Again you shall plant vineyards
    on the mountains of Samaria;
the planters shall plant
    and shall enjoy the fruit.
For there shall be a day when watchmen will call
    in (K)the hill country of Ephraim:
(L)‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
    to the Lord our God.’”

For thus says the Lord:
(M)“Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
    and raise shouts for (N)the chief of the nations;
proclaim, give praise, and say,
    (O)‘O Lord, save your people,
    the remnant of Israel.’
Behold, I will bring them (P)from the north country
    and (Q)gather them from (R)the farthest parts of the earth,
among them (S)the blind and the lame,
    the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together;
    a great company, they shall return here.
(T)With weeping they shall come,
    (U)and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them (V)walk by brooks of water,
    (W)in a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for (X)I am a father to Israel,
    and Ephraim is (Y)my firstborn.

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  1. Jeremiah 31:3 Septuagint; Hebrew me

(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.”

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18 (A)In those days the house of Judah shall join the house of Israel, and together they shall come from the land (B)of the north to (C)the land that I gave your fathers for a heritage.

19 “‘I said,
    How I would set you among my sons,
and give you a pleasant land,
    a heritage most beautiful of all nations.
And I thought you would (D)call me, My Father,
    and would not turn from following me.

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(A)Your people will (B)offer themselves freely
    on the day of your (C)power,[a]
    in (D)holy garments;[b]
from the womb of the morning,
    the dew of your youth will be yours.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 110:3 Or on the day you lead your forces
  2. Psalm 110:3 Masoretic Text; some Hebrew manuscripts and Jerome on the holy mountains
  3. Psalm 110:3 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

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