Isaiah 14:1
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Mercy on Jacob
14 For the Lord (A)will have mercy on Jacob, and (B)will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. (C)The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob.
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Psalm 102:13
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13 You will arise and have mercy on Zion;
For the time to favor her,
Yes, the set time, has come.
Zechariah 1:17
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17 “Again proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“My cities shall again [a]spread out through prosperity;
(A)The Lord will again comfort Zion,
And (B)will again choose Jerusalem.” ’ ”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 1:17 Or overflow with good
Zechariah 8:22-23
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22 Yes, (A)many peoples and strong nations
Shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem,
And to pray before the Lord.’
23 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘In those days ten men (B)from every language of the nations shall (C)grasp the [a]sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard (D)that God is with you.” ’ ”
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- Zechariah 8:23 Lit. wing, corner of a garment
Ephesians 2:12-19
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12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Christ Our Peace
14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one (A)new man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and that He might (B)reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby (C)putting to death the enmity. 17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. 18 For (D)through Him we both have access (E)by one Spirit to the Father.
Christ Our Cornerstone
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
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Isaiah 54:7-8
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7 “For(A) a mere moment I have forsaken you,
But with great mercies (B)I will gather you.
8 With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment;
(C)But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,”
Says the Lord, your Redeemer.
Malachi 1:11
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Acts 15:14-17
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14 (A)Simon has declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name. 15 And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written:
16 ‘After(B) this I will return
And will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down;
I will rebuild its ruins,
And I will set it up;
17 So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
Even all the Gentiles who are called by My name,
Says the [a]Lord who does all these things.’
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- Acts 15:17 NU Lord, who makes these things
Zechariah 2:11-12
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11 (A)“Many nations shall be joined to the Lord (B)in that day, and they shall become (C)My people. And I will dwell in your midst. Then (D)you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you. 12 And the Lord will (E)take possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem.
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Jeremiah 50:4-6
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4 “In those days and in that time,” says the Lord,
“The children of Israel shall come,
(A)They and the children of Judah together;
(B)With continual weeping they shall come,
(C)And seek the Lord their God.
5 They shall ask the way to Zion,
With their faces toward it, saying,
‘Come and let us join ourselves to the Lord
In (D)a perpetual covenant
That will not be forgotten.’
6 “My people have been (E)lost sheep.
Their shepherds have led them (F)astray;
They have turned them away on (G)the mountains.
They have gone from mountain to hill;
They have forgotten their resting place.
Jeremiah 32:37-41
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37 Behold, I will (A)gather them out of all countries where I have driven them in My anger, in My fury, and in great wrath; I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them (B)to dwell safely. 38 They shall be (C)My people, and I will be their God; 39 then I will (D)give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. 40 And (E)I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but (F)I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. 41 Yes, (G)I will rejoice over them to do them good, and (H)I will [a]assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul.’
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- Jeremiah 32:41 truly
Jeremiah 31:8-12
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8 Behold, I will bring them (A)from the north country,
And (B)gather them from the ends of the earth,
Among them the blind and the lame,
The woman with child
And the one who labors with child, together;
A great throng shall return there.
9 (C)They shall come with weeping,
And with supplications I will lead them.
I will cause them to walk (D)by the rivers of waters,
In a straight way in which they shall not stumble;
For I am a Father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My (E)firstborn.
10 “Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
And declare it in the [a]isles afar off, and say,
‘He who scattered Israel (F)will gather him,
And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.’
11 For (G)the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
And ransomed him (H)from the hand of one stronger than he.
12 Therefore they shall come and sing in (I)the height of Zion,
Streaming to (J)the goodness of the Lord—
For wheat and new wine and oil,
For the young of the flock and the herd;
Their souls shall be like a (K)well-watered garden,
(L)And they shall sorrow no more at all.
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- Jeremiah 31:10 Or coastlands
Jeremiah 12:15-16
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15 (A)Then it shall be, after I have plucked them out, that I will return and have compassion on them (B)and bring them back, everyone to his heritage and everyone to his land. 16 And it shall be, if they will learn carefully the ways of My people, (C)to swear by My name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they shall be (D)established in the midst of My people.
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Luke 1:72-74
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72 (A)To perform the mercy promised to our fathers
And to remember His holy covenant,
73 (B)The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:
74 To grant us that we,
Being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
Might (C)serve Him without fear,
Ezekiel 39:25-29
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25 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: (A)‘Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob, and have mercy on the (B)whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name— 26 (C)after they have borne their shame, and all their unfaithfulness in which they were unfaithful to Me, when they (D)dwelt safely in their own land and no one made them afraid. 27 (E)When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and I (F)am hallowed in them in the sight of many nations, 28 (G)then they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who sent them into captivity among the nations, but also brought them back to their land, and left none of them [a]captive any longer. 29 (H)And I will not hide My face from them anymore; for I shall have (I)poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,’ says the Lord God.”
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- Ezekiel 39:28 Lit. there
Jeremiah 50:33
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33 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“The children of Israel were oppressed,
Along with the children of Judah;
All who took them captive have held them fast;
They have refused to let them go.
Jeremiah 30:18-22
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18 “Thus says the Lord:
‘Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob’s tents,
And (A)have mercy on his dwelling places;
The city shall be built upon its own [a]mound,
And the palace shall remain according to its own plan.
19 Then (B)out of them shall proceed thanksgiving
And the voice of those who make merry;
(C)I will multiply them, and they shall not diminish;
I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
20 Their children also shall be (D)as before,
And their congregation shall be established before Me;
And I will punish all who oppress them.
21 Their nobles shall be from among them,
(E)And their governor shall come from their midst;
Then I will (F)cause him to draw near,
And he shall approach Me;
For who is this who pledged his heart to approach Me?’ says the Lord.
22 ‘You shall be (G)My people,
And I will be your God.’ ”
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- Jeremiah 30:18 ruins
Jeremiah 24:6-7
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6 For I will set My eyes on them for good, and (A)I will bring them back to this land; (B)I will build them and not pull them down, and I will plant them and not pluck them up. 7 Then I will give them (C)a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be (D)My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me (E)with their whole heart.
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Isaiah 49:13
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13 (A)Sing, O heavens!
Be joyful, O earth!
And break out in singing, O mountains!
For the Lord has comforted His people,
And will have mercy on His afflicted.
Ruth 1:14-18
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14 Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth (A)clung to her.
15 And she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to (B)her people and to her gods; (C)return after your sister-in-law.”
16 But Ruth said:
(D)“Entreat[a] me not to leave you,
Or to turn back from following after you;
For wherever you go, I will go;
And wherever you lodge, I will lodge;
(E)Your people shall be my people,
And your God, my God.
17 Where you die, I will die,
And there will I be buried.
(F)The Lord do so to me, and more also,
If anything but death parts you and me.”
18 (G)When she saw that she [b]was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her.
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Deuteronomy 30:3-5
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3 (A)that the Lord your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and (B)gather you again from all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you. 4 (C)If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you. 5 Then the Lord your God will bring you to the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers.
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Deuteronomy 4:29-31
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29 (A)But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in [a]distress, and all these things come upon you in the (B)latter days, when you (C)turn to the Lord your God and obey His voice 31 (for the Lord your God is a merciful God), He will not forsake you nor (D)destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them.
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- Deuteronomy 4:30 tribulation
Leviticus 26:40-45
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40 ‘But (A)if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, with their unfaithfulness in which they were unfaithful to Me, and that they also have walked contrary to Me,
41 and that I also have walked contrary to them and have brought them into the land of their enemies;
if their (B)uncircumcised hearts are (C)humbled, and they (D)accept their guilt—
42 then I will (E)remember My covenant with Jacob, and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham I will remember;
I will (F)remember the land.
43 (G)The land also shall be left empty by them, and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them;
they will accept their guilt, because they (H)despised My judgments and because their soul abhorred My statutes.
44 Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, (I)I will not cast them away, nor shall I abhor them, to utterly destroy them and break My covenant with them;
for I am the Lord their God.
45 But (J)for their sake I will remember the covenant of their ancestors, (K)whom I brought out of the land of Egypt (L)in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God:
I am the Lord.’ ”
Ezekiel 36:24-28
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24 For (A)I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. 25 (B)Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you (C)from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a (D)new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put My (E)Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. 28 (F)Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; (G)you shall be My people, and I will be your God.
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Jeremiah 51:34-37
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34 “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon
Has (A)devoured me, he has crushed me;
He has made me an (B)empty vessel,
He has swallowed me up like a monster;
He has filled his stomach with my delicacies,
He has spit me out.
35 Let the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Babylon,”
The inhabitant of Zion will say;
“And my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea!”
Jerusalem will say.
36 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, (C)I will plead your case and take vengeance for you.
(D)I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.
37 (E)Babylon shall become a heap,
A dwelling place for jackals,
(F)An astonishment and a hissing,
Without an inhabitant.
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