For behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘that (A)I will bring back from captivity My people Israel and Judah,’ says the Lord. (B)‘And I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.’ ”

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14 (A)I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity; (B)I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.

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42 (A)Then you shall know that I am the Lord, (B)when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for which I raised My hand in an oath to give to your fathers.

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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.

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  1. Jeremiah 30:18 ruins

15 but, ‘The Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the (A)north and from all the lands where He had driven them.’ For (B)I will bring them back into their land which I gave to their fathers.

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26 (A)then I will (B)cast away the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will cause their captives to return, and will have mercy on them.’ ”

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44 Men will buy fields for money, sign deeds and seal them, and take witnesses, in (A)the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the [a]lowland, and in the cities of the [b]South; for (B)I will cause their captives to return,’ says the Lord.”

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  1. Jeremiah 32:44 Heb. shephelah
  2. Jeremiah 32:44 Heb. Negev

Because finding fault with them, He says: (A)“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah

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20 At that time (A)I will bring you back,
Even at the time I gather you;
For I will give you [a]fame and praise
Among all the peoples of the earth,
When I return your captives before your eyes,”
Says the Lord.

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  1. Zephaniah 3:20 Lit. a name

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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God Judges the Nations

“For behold, (A)in those days and at that time,
When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,

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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.

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  1. Ezekiel 39:28 Lit. there

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

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14 (A)‘Behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘that (B)I will perform that good thing which I have promised to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah:

15 ‘In those days and at that time
I will cause to grow up to David
A (C)Branch of righteousness;
He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.

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“Therefore, behold, (A)the days are coming,” says the Lord, “that they shall no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’ but, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country (B)and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ And they shall dwell in their own (C)land.”

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(A)Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When God brings back [a]the captivity of His people,
Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.

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  1. Psalm 53:6 Or His captive people

“These things which you see—the days will come in which (A)not one stone shall be left upon another that shall not be thrown down.”

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43 For days will come upon you when your enemies will (A)build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side,

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22 Then He said to the disciples, (A)“The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

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19 The [a]South (A)shall possess the mountains of Esau,
(B)And the Lowland shall possess Philistia.
They shall possess the fields of Ephraim
And the fields of Samaria.
Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20 And the captives of this host of the children of Israel
Shall possess the land of the Canaanites
As (C)far as Zarephath.
The captives of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
(D)Shall possess the cities of the [b]South.

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  1. Obadiah 1:19 Heb. Negev
  2. Obadiah 1:20 Heb. Negev

14 You shall inherit it equally with one another; for I (A)raised My hand in an oath to give it to your fathers, and this land shall (B)fall to you as your inheritance.

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21 “Then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Surely (A)I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; 22 and (B)I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and (C)one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again. 23 (D)They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but (E)I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God.

24 (F)“David My servant shall be king over them, and (G)they shall all have one shepherd; (H)they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them. 25 (I)Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, (J)forever; and (K)My servant David shall be their prince forever.

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Israel’s Future Blessing

25 ‘Thus says the Lord God: “When I have (A)gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am (B)hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob. 26 And they will (C)dwell [a]safely there, (D)build houses, and (E)plant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God.” ’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 28:26 securely

And (A)I will cause the captives of Judah and the captives of Israel to return, and will rebuild those places (B)as at the first. I will (C)cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned and by which they have transgressed against Me. (D)Then it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise, and an honor before all nations of the earth, who shall hear all the good that I do to them; they shall (E)fear and tremble for all the goodness and all the prosperity that I provide for it.’

10 “Thus says the Lord: ‘Again there shall be heard in this place—(F)of which you say, “It is desolate, without man and without beast”—in the cities of Judah, in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast, 11 the (G)voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who will say:

(H)“Praise the Lord of hosts,
For the Lord is good,
For His mercy endures forever”—

and of those who will bring (I)the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause the captives of the land to return as at the first,’ says the Lord.

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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.

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