27 “Do not be afraid,(A) Jacob(B) my servant;(C)
    do not be dismayed, Israel.
I will surely save you out of a distant place,
    your descendants from the land of their exile.(D)
Jacob will again have peace and security,
    and no one will make him afraid.

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Do not be afraid,(A) for I am with you;(B)
    I will bring your children(C) from the east
    and gather(D) you from the west.(E)

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10 “‘So do not be afraid,(A) Jacob my servant;(B)
    do not be dismayed, Israel,’
declares the Lord.
‘I will surely save(C) you out of a distant place,
    your descendants from the land of their exile.
Jacob will again have peace and security,(D)
    and no one will make him afraid.(E)
11 I am with you(F) and will save you,’
    declares the Lord.
‘Though I completely destroy all the nations
    among which I scatter you,
    I will not completely destroy(G) you.
I will discipline(H) you but only in due measure;
    I will not let you go entirely unpunished.’(I)

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Israel’s Only Savior

43 But now, this is what the Lord says—
    he who created(A) you, Jacob,
    he who formed(B) you, Israel:(C)
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed(D) you;
    I have summoned you by name;(E) you are mine.(F)

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19 But I will bring(A) Israel back to their own pasture,
    and they will graze on Carmel and Bashan;
their appetite will be satisfied(B)
    on the hills(C) of Ephraim and Gilead.(D)

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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

“I myself will gather the remnant(A) of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture,(B) where they will be fruitful and increase in number. I will place shepherds(C) over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid(D) or terrified, nor will any be missing,(E)” declares the Lord.

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13 For I am the Lord your God
    who takes hold of your right hand(A)
and says to you, Do not fear;
    I will help(B) you.
14 Do not be afraid,(C) you worm(D) Jacob,
    little Israel, do not fear,
for I myself will help(E) you,” declares the Lord,
    your Redeemer,(F) the Holy One(G) of Israel.

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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)

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

16 In those days Judah will be saved(A)
    and Jerusalem will live in safety.(B)
This is the name by which it[a] will be called:(C)
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.’(D)

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  1. Jeremiah 33:16 Or he

In his days Judah will be saved
    and Israel will live in safety.(A)
This is the name(B) by which he will be called:
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.(C)

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11 In that day(A) the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant(B) of his people from Assyria,(C) from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,(D) from Cush,[a](E) from Elam,(F) from Babylonia,[b] from Hamath(G) and from the islands(H) of the Mediterranean.(I)

12 He will raise a banner(J) for the nations
    and gather(K) the exiles of Israel;(L)
he will assemble the scattered people(M) of Judah
    from the four quarters of the earth.(N)
13 Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
    and Judah’s enemies[c] will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
    nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.(O)
14 They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia(P) to the west;
    together they will plunder the people to the east.(Q)
They will subdue Edom(R) and Moab,(S)
    and the Ammonites(T) will be subject to them.(U)
15 The Lord will dry up(V)
    the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind(W) he will sweep his hand(X)
    over the Euphrates River.(Y)
He will break it up into seven streams
    so that anyone can cross over in sandals.(Z)
16 There will be a highway(AA) for the remnant(AB) of his people
    that is left from Assyria,(AC)
as there was for Israel
    when they came up from Egypt.(AD)

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  1. Isaiah 11:11 That is, the upper Nile region
  2. Isaiah 11:11 Hebrew Shinar
  3. Isaiah 11:13 Or hostility

11 The day for building your walls(A) will come,
    the day for extending your boundaries.
12 In that day people will come to you
    from Assyria(B) and the cities of Egypt,
even from Egypt to the Euphrates
    and from sea to sea
    and from mountain to mountain.(C)
13 The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants,
    as the result of their deeds.(D)

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14 Shepherd(E) your people with your staff,(F)
    the flock of your inheritance,
which lives by itself in a forest,
    in fertile pasturelands.[a](G)
Let them feed in Bashan(H) and Gilead(I)
    as in days long ago.(J)

15 “As in the days when you came out of Egypt,
    I will show them my wonders.(K)

16 Nations will see and be ashamed,(L)
    deprived of all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths(M)
    and their ears will become deaf.

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  1. Micah 7:14 Or in the middle of Carmel

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)

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

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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This is what the Lord says—
    he who made(A) you, who formed you in the womb,(B)
    and who will help(C) you:
Do not be afraid,(D) Jacob, my servant,(E)
    Jeshurun,[a](F) whom I have chosen.

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  1. Isaiah 44:2 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.

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)

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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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25 “‘I will make a covenant(A) of peace(B) with them and rid the land of savage beasts(C) so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety.(D) 26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.[a](E) I will send down showers in season;(F) there will be showers of blessing.(G)

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  1. Ezekiel 34:26 Or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be named in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be seen as blessed

10 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against(A) the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue(B) my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.(C)

11 “‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep(D) and look after them. 12 As a shepherd(E) looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.(F) 13 I will bring them out from the nations and gather(G) them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land.(H) I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land.(I) 14 I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel(J) will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture(K) on the mountains of Israel.(L)

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See, I will bring them from the land of the north(A)
    and gather(B) them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind(C) and the lame,(D)
    expectant mothers and women in labor;
    a great throng will return.
They will come with weeping;(E)
    they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead(F) them beside streams of water(G)
    on a level(H) path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,(I)
    and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

10 “Hear the word of the Lord, you nations;
    proclaim it in distant coastlands:(J)
‘He who scattered(K) Israel will gather(L) them
    and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’(M)
11 For the Lord will deliver Jacob
    and redeem(N) them from the hand of those stronger(O) than they.

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