16 “Then it shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and (A)increased in the land in those days,” says the Lord, “that they will say no more, ‘The ark of the covenant of the Lord.’ (B)It shall not come to mind, nor shall they remember it, nor shall they visit it, nor shall it be made anymore.

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“Thus says the Lord of hosts:

(A)‘Old men and old women shall again sit
In the streets of Jerusalem,
Each one with his staff in his hand
Because of [a]great age.
The streets of the city
Shall be (B)full of boys and girls
Playing in its streets.’

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  1. Zechariah 8:4 Lit. many days

14 (A)I will bring back the captives of My people Israel;
(B)They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them;
They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them.
15 I will plant them in their land,
(C)And no longer shall they be pulled up
From the land I have given them,”
Says the Lord your God.

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The Restoration of Israel

10 “Yet (A)the number of the children of Israel
Shall be as the sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered.
(B)And it shall come to pass
In the place where it was said to them,
‘You are [a]not My (C)people,’
There it shall be said to them,
You are (D)sons of the living God.’
11 (E)Then the children of Judah and the children of Israel
Shall be gathered together,
And appoint for themselves one head;
And they shall come up out of the land,
For great will be the day of Jezreel!

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  1. Hosea 1:10 Heb. lo-ammi, v. 9

26 Moreover I will [a]make (A)a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and (B)multiply them, and I will set My (C)sanctuary in their midst forevermore.

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  1. Ezekiel 37:26 Lit. cut

True Worship and False

66 Thus says the Lord:

(A)“Heaven is My throne,
And earth is My footstool.
Where is the house that you will build Me?
And where is the place of My rest?
For all those things My hand has made,
And all those things exist,”
Says the Lord.
(B)“But on this one will I look:
(C)On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
And who trembles at My word.

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The Glorious New Creation

17 “For behold, I create (A)new heavens and a new earth;
And the former shall not be remembered or [a]come to mind.

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  1. Isaiah 65:17 Lit. come upon the heart

Hold Fast Your Confession

19 Therefore, brethren, having (A)boldness[a] to enter (B)the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and (C)living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and having a High Priest over the house of God,

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  1. Hebrews 10:19 confidence

and do not think to say to yourselves, (A)‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

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Those of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man,
And their (A)heart shall rejoice as if with wine.
Yes, their children shall see it and be glad;
Their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.
I will (B)whistle for them and gather them,
For I will redeem them;
(C)And they shall increase as they once increased.

“I(D) will [a]sow them among the peoples,
And they shall (E)remember Me in far countries;
They shall live, together with their children,
And they shall return.

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  1. Zechariah 10:9 Or scatter

But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to My people Israel, for they are about to come. For indeed I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown. 10 I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited and (A)the ruins rebuilt. 11 (B)I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and [a]bear young; I will make you inhabited as in former times, and do (C)better for you than at your beginnings. (D)Then you shall know that I am the Lord. 12 Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, My people Israel; (E)they shall take possession of you, and you shall be their inheritance; no more shall you (F)bereave them of children.

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  1. Ezekiel 36:11 Lit. be fruitful

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.

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19 Then (A)out of them shall proceed thanksgiving
And the voice of those who make merry;
(B)I will multiply them, and they shall not diminish;
I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

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And they shall (A)rebuild the old ruins,
They shall raise up the former desolations,
And they shall repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.

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22 (A)A little one shall become a thousand,
And a small one a strong nation.
I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.”

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Previously saying, “Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the law), then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will, [a]O God.” He takes away the first that He may establish the second.

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  1. Hebrews 10:9 NU, M omit O God

It was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered (A)which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience— 10 concerned only with (B)foods and drinks, (C)various [a]washings, (D)and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.

The Heavenly Sanctuary

11 But Christ came as High Priest of (E)the good things [b]to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. 12 Not (F)with the blood of goats and calves, but (G)with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place (H)once for all, (I)having obtained eternal redemption.

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  1. Hebrews 9:10 Lit. baptisms
  2. Hebrews 9:11 NU that have come

20 Our fathers worshiped on (A)this mountain, and you Jews say that in (B)Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”

21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming (C)when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 You worship (D)what you do not know; we know what we worship, for (E)salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will (F)worship the Father in (G)spirit (H)and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 (I)God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

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11 (A)Josiah begot [a]Jeconiah and his brothers about the time they were (B)carried away to Babylon.

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  1. Matthew 1:11 Or Coniah or Jehoiachin

11 In that day you shall not be shamed for any of your deeds
In which you transgress against Me;
For then I will take away from your midst
Those who (A)rejoice in your pride,
And you shall no longer be haughty
In My holy mountain.

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“For surely I will command,
And will [a]sift the house of Israel among all nations,
As grain is sifted in a sieve;
(A)Yet not the smallest [b]grain shall fall to the ground.

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  1. Amos 9:9 shake
  2. Amos 9:9 Lit. pebble

27 “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, that (A)I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast.

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(A)Do not trust in these lying words, saying, ‘The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these.’

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