The days(A) are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will bring(B) my people Israel and Judah back from captivity[a] and restore(C) them to the land I gave their ancestors to possess,’ says the Lord.”

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  1. Jeremiah 30:3 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel and Judah

14 I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back(A) from captivity.[a] I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”(B)

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  1. Jeremiah 29:14 Or will restore your fortunes

15 but it will be said, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north(A) and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’(B) For I will restore(C) them to the land I gave their ancestors.(D)

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42 Then you will know that I am the Lord,(A) when I bring you into the land of Israel,(B) the land I had sworn with uplifted hand to give to your ancestors.(C)

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44 Fields will be bought for silver, and deeds(A) will be signed, sealed and witnessed(B) in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the Negev,(C) because I will restore(D) their fortunes,[a] declares the Lord.”

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  1. Jeremiah 32:44 Or will bring them back from captivity

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.

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But God found fault with the people and said[a]:

“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
    when I will make a new covenant(A)
with the people of Israel
    and with the people of Judah.

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  1. Hebrews 8:8 Some manuscripts may be translated fault and said to the people.

20 At that time I will gather you;
    at that time I will bring(A) you home.
I will give you honor(B) and praise(C)
    among all the peoples of the earth
when I restore your fortunes[a](D)
    before your very eyes,”
says the Lord.

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  1. Zephaniah 3:20 Or I bring back your captives

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)

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26 then I will reject(A) the descendants of Jacob(B) and David my servant and will not choose one of his sons to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes[a](C) and have compassion(D) on them.’”

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  1. Jeremiah 33:26 Or will bring them back from captivity

“So then, the days are coming,”(A) declares the Lord, “when people will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’(B) but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”(C)

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Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
    When God restores his people,
    let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!

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“As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another;(A) every one of them will be thrown down.”

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43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.(A)

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22 Then he said to his disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man,(A) but you will not see it.(B)

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19 People from the Negev will occupy
    the mountains of Esau,
and people from the foothills will possess
    the land of the Philistines.(A)
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,(B)
    and Benjamin(C) will possess Gilead.
20 This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan
    will possess the land as far as Zarephath;(D)
the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    will possess the towns of the Negev.(E)

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14     and I will bring(A) my people Israel back from exile.[a](B)

“They will rebuild the ruined cities(C) and live in them.
    They will plant vineyards(D) and drink their wine;
    they will make gardens and eat their fruit.(E)
15 I will plant(F) Israel in their own land,(G)
    never again to be uprooted(H)
    from the land I have given them,”(I)

says the Lord your God.(J)

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  1. Amos 9:14 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel

The Nations Judged

[a]“In those days and at that time,
    when I restore the fortunes(A) of Judah(B) and Jerusalem,

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  1. Joel 3:1 In Hebrew texts 3:1-21 is numbered 4:1-21.

14 You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with uplifted hand to give it to your ancestors, this land will become your inheritance.(A)

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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) 26 They 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) 27 When 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) 28 Then 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)

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  1. Ezekiel 39:25 Or now bring Jacob back from captivity

21 and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land.(A) 22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel.(B) There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms.(C) 23 They will no longer defile(D) themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding,[a](E) and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.(F)

24 “‘My servant David(G) will be king(H) over them, and they will all have one shepherd.(I) They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees.(J) 25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived.(K) They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever,(L) and David my servant will be their prince forever.(M)

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  1. Ezekiel 37:23 Many Hebrew manuscripts (see also Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts all their dwelling places where they sinned

25 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I gather(A) the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered,(B) I will be proved holy(C) through them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.(D) 26 They will live there in safety(E) and will build houses and plant(F) vineyards; they will live in safety when I inflict punishment(G) on all their neighbors who maligned them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.(H)’”

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14 “‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good promise(A) I made to the people of Israel and Judah.

15 “‘In those days and at that time
    I will make a righteous(B) Branch(C) sprout from David’s line;(D)
    he will do what is just and right in the land.

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I will bring Judah(A) and Israel back from captivity[a](B) and will rebuild(C) them as they were before.(D) I will cleanse(E) them from all the sin they have committed against me and will forgive(F) all their sins of rebellion against me. Then this city will bring me renown,(G) joy, praise(H) and honor(I) before all nations on earth that hear of all the good things I do for it; and they will be in awe and will tremble(J) at the abundant prosperity and peace I provide for it.’

10 “This is what the Lord says: ‘You say about this place, “It is a desolate waste, without people or animals.”(K) Yet in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted,(L) inhabited by neither people nor animals, there will be heard once more 11 the sounds of joy and gladness,(M) the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings(N) to the house of the Lord, saying,

“Give thanks to the Lord Almighty,
    for the Lord is good;(O)
    his love endures forever.”(P)

For I will restore the fortunes(Q) of the land as they were before,(R)’ says the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 33:7 Or will restore the fortunes of Judah and Israel

37 I 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)

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