Isaiah 14:1

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14 The Lord will have compassion^(A) on Jacob;
    once again he will choose^(B) Israel
    and will settle them in their own land.^(C)
Foreigners^(D) will join them
    and unite with the descendants of Jacob.

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Psalm 102:13

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¹³You will arise^(A) and have compassion^(B) on Zion,
for it is time^(C) to show favor^(D) to her;
the appointed time^(E) has come.

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Psalm 102:13 in all English translations

Zechariah 1:17

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¹⁷“Proclaim further: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort^(A) Zion and choose^(B) Jerusalem.’”^(C)

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Zechariah 8:22-23

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²²And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord Almighty and to entreat him.”^(A)

²³This is what the Lord Almighty says: “In those days ten people from all languages and nations will take firm hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, ‘Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.’”^(B)

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Ephesians 2:12-19

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¹²remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners^(A) to the covenants of the promise,^(B) without hope^(C) and without God in the world. ¹³But now in Christ Jesus you who once^(D) were far away have been brought near^(E) by the blood of Christ.^(F)

¹⁴For he himself is our peace,^(G) who has made the two groups one^(H) and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, ¹⁵by setting aside in his flesh^(I) the law with its commands and regulations.^(J) His purpose was to create in himself one^(K) new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, ¹⁶and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross,^(L) by which he put to death their hostility. ¹⁷He came and preached peace^(M) to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.^(N) ¹⁸For through him we both have access^(O) to the Father^(P) by one Spirit.^(Q)

¹⁹Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers,^(R) but fellow citizens^(S) with God’s people and also members of his household,^(T)

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Isaiah 54:7-8

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⁷“For a brief moment^(A) I abandoned^(B) you,
    but with deep compassion^(C) I will bring you back.^(D)
⁸In a surge of anger^(E)
    I hid^(F) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness^(G)
    I will have compassion^(H) on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.^(I)

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Malachi 1:11

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¹¹My name will be great^(A) among the nations,^(B) from where the sun rises to where it sets.^(C) In every place incense^(D) and pure offerings^(E) will be brought to me, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord Almighty.

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Acts 15:14-17

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¹⁴Simon^[a] has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles.^(A) ¹⁵The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:

¹⁶“‘After this I will return
    and rebuild David’s fallen tent.
Its ruins I will rebuild,
    and I will restore it,
¹⁷that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
    even all the Gentiles who bear my name,
says the Lord, who does these things’^[b]^(B)—

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Footnotes

Acts 15:14 Greek Simeon, a variant of Simon; that is, Peter
Acts 15:17 Amos 9:11,12 (see Septuagint)

Zechariah 2:11-12

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¹¹“Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people.^(A) I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.^(B) ¹²The Lord will inherit^(C) Judah^(D) as his portion in the holy land and will again choose^(E) Jerusalem.

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Jeremiah 50:4-6

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⁴“In those days, at that time,”
    declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together^(A)
    will go in tears^(B) to seek^(C) the Lord their God.
⁵They will ask the way^(D) to Zion
    and turn their faces toward it.
They will come^(E) and bind themselves to the Lord
    in an everlasting covenant^(F)
    that will not be forgotten.

⁶“My people have been lost sheep;^(G)
    their shepherds^(H) have led them astray^(I)
    and caused them to roam on the mountains.
They wandered over mountain and hill^(J)
    and forgot their own resting place.^(K)

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Jeremiah 32:37-41

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³⁷I will surely gather^(A) them from all the lands where I banish them in my furious anger^(B) and great wrath; I will bring them back to this place and let them live in safety.^(C) ³⁸They will be my people,^(D) and I will be their God. ³⁹I will give them singleness^(E) of heart and action, so that they will always fear^(F) me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them. ⁴⁰I will make an everlasting covenant^(G) with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire^(H) them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me.^(I) ⁴¹I will rejoice^(J) in doing them good^(K) and will assuredly plant^(L) them in this land with all my heart and soul.^(M)

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Jeremiah 31:8-12

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⁸See, I will bring them from the land of the north^(A)
    and gather^(B) them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind^(C) and the lame,^(D)
    expectant mothers and women in labor;
    a great throng will return.
⁹They will come with weeping;^(E)
    they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead^(F) them beside streams of water^(G)
    on a level^(H) path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,^(I)
    and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

¹⁰“Hear the word of the Lord, you nations;
    proclaim it in distant coastlands:^(J)
‘He who scattered^(K) Israel will gather^(L) them
    and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’^(M)
¹¹For the Lord will deliver Jacob
    and redeem^(N) them from the hand of those stronger^(O) than they.
¹²They will come and shout for joy^(P) on the heights^(Q) of Zion;
    they will rejoice in the bounty^(R) of the Lord—
the grain, the new wine and the olive oil,^(S)
    the young of the flocks^(T) and herds.
They will be like a well-watered garden,^(U)
    and they will sorrow^(V) no more.

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Jeremiah 12:15-16

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¹⁵But after I uproot them, I will again have compassion^(A) and will bring^(B) each of them back to their own inheritance and their own country. ¹⁶And if they learn^(C) well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives’^(D)—even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal^(E)—then they will be established among my people.^(F)

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Luke 1:72-74

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⁷²to show mercy to our ancestors^(A)
    and to remember his holy covenant,^(B)
⁷³    the oath he swore to our father Abraham:^(C)
⁷⁴to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
    and to enable us to serve him^(D) without fear^(E)

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Ezekiel 39:25-29

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²⁵“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will now restore the fortunes of Jacob^[a]^(A) and will have compassion^(B) on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name.^(C) ²⁶They will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness they showed toward me when they lived in safety^(D) in their land with no one to make them afraid.^(E) ²⁷When I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will be proved holy through them in the sight of many nations.^(F) ²⁸Then they will know that I am the Lord their God, for though I sent them into exile among the nations, I will gather them^(G) to their own land, not leaving any behind.^(H) ²⁹I will no longer hide my face^(I) from them, for I will pour out my Spirit^(J) on the people of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord.^(K)”

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Ezekiel 39:25 Or now bring Jacob back from captivity

Jeremiah 50:33

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³³This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“The people of Israel are oppressed,^(A)
and the people of Judah as well.
All their captors hold them fast,
refusing to let them go.^(B)

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Jeremiah 30:18-22

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¹⁸“This is what the Lord says:

“‘I will restore the fortunes^(A) of Jacob’s tents^(B)
    and have compassion^(C) on his dwellings;
the city will be rebuilt^(D) on her ruins,
    and the palace will stand in its proper place.
¹⁹From them will come songs^(E) of thanksgiving^(F)
    and the sound of rejoicing.^(G)
I will add to their numbers,^(H)
    and they will not be decreased;
I will bring them honor,^(I)
    and they will not be disdained.
²⁰Their children^(J) will be as in days of old,
    and their community will be established^(K) before me;
    I will punish^(L) all who oppress them.
²¹Their leader^(M) will be one of their own;
    their ruler will arise from among them.^(N)
I will bring him near^(O) and he will come close to me—
    for who is he who will devote himself
    to be close to me?’
declares the Lord.
²²“‘So you will be my people,^(P)
    and I will be your God.^(Q)’”

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Jeremiah 24:6-7

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⁶My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back^(A) to this land. I will build^(B) them up and not tear them down; I will plant^(C) them and not uproot them. ⁷I will give them a heart to know^(D) me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people,^(E) and I will be their God, for they will return^(F) to me with all their heart.^(G)

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Isaiah 49:13

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¹³Shout for joy,^(A) you heavens;
    rejoice, you earth;^(B)
    burst into song, you mountains!^(C)
For the Lord comforts^(D) his people
    and will have compassion^(E) on his afflicted ones.^(F)

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Ruth 1:14-18

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¹⁴At this they wept^(A) aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law^(B) goodbye,^(C) but Ruth clung to her.^(D)

¹⁵“Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law^(E) is going back to her people and her gods.^(F) Go back with her.”

¹⁶But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you^(G) or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go,^(H) and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people^(I) and your God my God.^(J) ¹⁷Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely,^(K) if even death separates you and me.”^(L) ¹⁸When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.^(M)

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Deuteronomy 30:3-5

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³then 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) ⁴Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens,^(F) from there the Lord your God will gather^(G) you and bring you back.^(H) ⁵He will bring^(I) you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous^(J) than your ancestors.

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Deuteronomy 30:3 Or will bring you back from captivity

Deuteronomy 4:29-31

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²⁹But if from there you seek^(A) the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart^(B) and with all your soul.^(C) ³⁰When you are in distress^(D) and all these things have happened to you, then in later days^(E) you will return^(F) to the Lord your God and obey him. ³¹For the Lord your God is a merciful^(G) God; he will not abandon^(H) or destroy^(I) you or forget^(J) the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.

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Leviticus 26:40-45

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⁴⁰“‘But if they will confess^(A) their sins^(B) and the sins of their ancestors^(C)—their unfaithfulness and their hostility toward me, ⁴¹which made me hostile^(D) toward them so that I sent them into the land of their enemies—then when their uncircumcised hearts^(E) are humbled^(F) and they pay^(G) for their sin, ⁴²I will remember my covenant with Jacob^(H) and my covenant with Isaac^(I) and my covenant with Abraham,^(J) and I will remember the land. ⁴³For the land will be deserted^(K) by them and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them. They will pay for their sins because they rejected^(L) my laws and abhorred my decrees.^(M) ⁴⁴Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies,^(N) I will not reject them or abhor^(O) them so as to destroy them completely,^(P) breaking my covenant^(Q) with them. I am the Lord their God. ⁴⁵But for their sake I will remember^(R) the covenant with their ancestors whom I brought out of Egypt^(S) in the sight of the nations to be their God. I am the Lord.’”

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Ezekiel 36:24-28

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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) ²⁵I will sprinkle^(B) clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse^(C) you from all your impurities^(D) and from all your idols.^(E) ²⁶I will give you a new heart^(F) and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone^(G) and give you a heart of flesh.^(H) ²⁷And I will put my Spirit^(I) in you and move you to follow my decrees^(J) and be careful to keep my laws.^(K) ²⁸Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you will be my people,^(L) and I will be your God.^(M)

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Jeremiah 51:34-37

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³⁴“Nebuchadnezzar^(A) king of Babylon has devoured^(B) us,^(C)
    he has thrown us into confusion,
    he has made us an empty jar.
Like a serpent he has swallowed us
    and filled his stomach with our delicacies,
    and then has spewed^(D) us out.
³⁵May the violence^(E) done to our flesh^[a] be on Babylon,”
    say the inhabitants of Zion.
“May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,”
    says Jerusalem.^(F)

³⁶Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“See, I will defend your cause^(G)
    and avenge^(H) you;
I will dry up^(I) her sea
    and make her springs dry.
³⁷Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
    a haunt^(J) of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,^(K)
    a place where no one lives.^(L)

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Jeremiah 51:35 Or done to us and to our children

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