Isaiah 49:21
New King James Version
21 Then you will say in your heart,
‘Who has begotten these for me,
Since I have lost my children and am desolate,
A captive, and wandering to and fro?
And who has brought these up?
There I was, left alone;
But these, where were they?’ ”
Galatians 4:26-29
New King James Version
26 but the (A)Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27 For it is written:
(B)“Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”
28 Now (C)we, brethren, as Isaac was, are (D)children of promise. 29 But, as (E)he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, (F)even so it is now.
Read full chapter
Galatians 3:29
New King James Version
29 And (A)if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s (B)seed, and (C)heirs according to the promise.
Read full chapter
Romans 11:26-31
New King James Version
26 And so all Israel will be [a]saved, as it is written:
(A)“The Deliverer will come out of Zion,
And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
27 For (B)this is My covenant with them,
When I take away their sins.”
28 Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are (C)beloved for the sake of the fathers. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are (D)irrevocable. 30 For as you (E)were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience, 31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Romans 11:26 Or delivered
Romans 11:24
New King James Version
24 For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
Read full chapter
Romans 11:11-17
New King James Version
Israel’s Rejection Not Final
11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But (A)through their [a]fall, to provoke them to (B)jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. 12 Now if their [b]fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as (C)I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and (D)save some of them. 15 For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be (E)but life from the dead?
16 For if (F)the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 And if (G)some of the branches were broken off, (H)and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and [c]fatness of the olive tree,
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Romans 11:11 trespass
- Romans 11:12 trespass
- Romans 11:17 richness
Matthew 24:29-30
New King James Version
The Coming of the Son of Man(A)
29 (B)“Immediately after the tribulation of those days (C)the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 (D)Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, (E)and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Read full chapter
Lamentations 1:1-3
New King James Version
Jerusalem in Affliction
1 How lonely sits the city
That was full of people!
(A)How like a widow is she,
Who was great among the nations!
The (B)princess among the provinces
Has become a [a]slave!
2 She (C)weeps bitterly in the (D)night,
Her tears are on her cheeks;
Among all her lovers
She has none to comfort her.
All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
They have become her enemies.
3 (E)Judah has gone into captivity,
Under affliction and hard servitude;
(F)She dwells among the [b]nations,
She finds no (G)rest;
All her persecutors overtake her in dire straits.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:1 Lit. forced laborer
- Lamentations 1:3 Gentiles
Jeremiah 31:15-17
New King James Version
Mercy on Ephraim
15 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“A voice was heard in (B)Ramah,
Lamentation and bitter (C)weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children,
Refusing to be comforted for her children,
Because (D)they are no more.”
16 Thus says the Lord:
“Refrain your voice from (E)weeping,
And your eyes from tears;
For your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord,
And they shall come back from the land of the enemy.
17 There is (F)hope in your future, says the Lord,
That your children shall come back to their own border.
Isaiah 64:10
New King James Version
10 Your holy cities are a wilderness,
Zion is a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
Isaiah 62:4
New King James Version
4 (A)You shall no longer be termed (B)Forsaken,[a]
Nor shall your land any more be termed (C)Desolate;[b]
But you shall be called [c]Hephzibah, and your land [d]Beulah;
For the Lord delights in you,
And your land shall be married.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 62:4 Heb. Azubah
- Isaiah 62:4 Heb. Shemamah
- Isaiah 62:4 Lit. My Delight Is in Her
- Isaiah 62:4 Lit. Married
Isaiah 60:15
New King James Version
15 “Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,
So that no one went through you,
I will make you an eternal excellence,
A joy of many generations.
Isaiah 54:3-8
New King James Version
3 For you shall expand to the right and to the left,
And your descendants will (A)inherit the nations,
And make the desolate cities inhabited.
4 “Do(B) not fear, for you will not be ashamed;
Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame;
For you will forget the shame of your youth,
And will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.
5 (C)For your Maker is your husband,
The Lord of hosts is His name;
And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel;
He is called (D)the God of the whole earth.
6 For the Lord (E)has called you
Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit,
Like a youthful wife when you were refused,”
Says your God.
7 “For(F) a mere moment I have forsaken you,
But with great mercies (G)I will gather you.
8 With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment;
(H)But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,”
Says the Lord, your Redeemer.
Isaiah 52:2
New King James Version
2 (A)Shake yourself from the dust, arise;
Sit down, O Jerusalem!
(B)Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion!
Isaiah 51:17-20
New King James Version
God’s Fury Removed
17 (A)Awake, awake!
Stand up, O Jerusalem,
You who (B)have drunk at the hand of the Lord
The cup of His fury;
You have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling,
And drained it out.
18 There is no one to guide her
Among all the sons she has brought forth;
Nor is there any who takes her by the hand
Among all the sons she has brought up.
19 (C)These two things have come to you;
Who will be sorry for you?—
Desolation and destruction, famine and sword—
(D)By whom will I comfort you?
20 (E)Your sons have fainted,
They lie at the head of all the streets,
Like an antelope in a net;
They are full of the fury of the Lord,
The rebuke of your God.
Isaiah 5:13
New King James Version
13 (A)Therefore my people have gone into captivity,
Because they have no (B)knowledge;
Their honorable men are famished,
And their multitude dried up with thirst.
Isaiah 3:26
New King James Version
Isaiah 1:8
New King James Version
8 So the daughter of Zion is left (A)as a [a]booth in a vineyard,
As a hut in a garden of cucumbers,
(B)As a besieged city.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:8 shelter
Luke 21:24
New King James Version
24 And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles (A)until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
Read full chapterScripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Bible Gateway Recommends
