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“For a brief moment I abandoned you,
    but with great compassion I will take you back.

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“For a brief moment(A) I abandoned(B) you,
    but with deep compassion(C) I will bring you back.(D)

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For his anger lasts only a moment,
    but his favor lasts a lifetime!
Weeping may last through the night,
    but joy comes with the morning.

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For his anger(A) lasts only a moment,(B)
    but his favor lasts a lifetime;(C)
weeping(D) may stay for the night,
    but rejoicing comes in the morning.(E)

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But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day.

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But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.(A)

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Israel’s Return from Exile

“In that coming day,” says the Lord,
“I will gather together those who are lame,
    those who have been exiles,
    and those whom I have filled with grief.

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The Lord’s Plan

“In that day,” declares the Lord,

“I will gather the lame;(A)
    I will assemble the exiles(B)
    and those I have brought to grief.(C)

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Restoration for Israel

20 Go home, my people,
    and lock your doors!
Hide yourselves for a little while
    until the Lord’s anger has passed.

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20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
    and shut the doors(A) behind you;
hide(B) yourselves for a little while
    until his wrath(C) has passed by.(D)

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“Look and see, for everyone is coming home!
    Your sons are coming from distant lands;
    your little daughters will be carried home.

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“Lift up your eyes and look about you:
    All assemble(A) and come to you;
your sons come from afar,(B)
    and your daughters(C) are carried on the hip.(D)

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then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes. He will have mercy on you and gather you back from all the nations where he has scattered you.

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then 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)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 30:3 Or will bring you back from captivity

18 “I can see what they are doing, and I know what they are thinking. So I will gather all nations and peoples together, and they will see my glory.

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18 “And I, because of what they have planned and done,(A) am about to come[a] and gather the people of all nations(B) and languages, and they will come and see my glory.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

17 For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!

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17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.(A)

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Jesus Grieves over Jerusalem

37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me.

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37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,(A) how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,(B) and you were not willing.

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24 For I will gather you up from all the nations and bring you home again to your land.

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24 “‘For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.(A)

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10 “Foreigners will come to rebuild your towns,
    and their kings will serve you.
For though I have destroyed you in my anger,
    I will now have mercy on you through my grace.

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10 “Foreigners(A) will rebuild your walls,
    and their kings(B) will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
    in favor(C) I will show you compassion.(D)

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For the Sovereign Lord,
    who brings back the outcasts of Israel, says:
I will bring others, too,
    besides my people Israel.”

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The Sovereign Lord declares—
    he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
“I will gather(A) still others to them
    besides those already gathered.”

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