(A)“In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, (B)the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, (C)weeping as they come, and they (D)shall seek the Lord their God.

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Afterward (A)the children of Israel shall return and (B)seek the Lord their God, and (C)David their king, (D)and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the (E)latter days.

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11 And (A)the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and (B)they shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

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The New Covenant

31 (A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make (B)a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,

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12 He will raise (A)a signal for the nations
    and will assemble (B)the banished of Israel,
and gather the dispersed of Judah
    from the four corners of the earth.
13 (C)The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart,
    and those who harass Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah,
    and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

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Him Whom They Have Pierced

10 “And (A)I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and (B)pleas for mercy, so that, (C)when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, (D)they shall mourn for him, (E)as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.

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21 The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, (A)‘Let us go at once (B)to entreat the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts; I myself am going.’ 22 (C)Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and (D)to entreat the favor of the Lord. 23 Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days (E)ten men (F)from the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for (G)we have heard that God is with you.’”

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Return to the Lord

12 “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
    (A)“return to me with all your heart,
(B)with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;

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The Lord Will Restore Israel

25 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Now (A)I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on (B)the whole house of Israel, and (C)I will be jealous for my holy name.

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16 (A)“Son of man, (B)take a stick[a] and write on it, ‘For (C)Judah, and (D)the people of Israel associated with him’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For (E)Joseph (the stick of (F)Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him.’ 17 And (G)join them one to another into one stick, that (H)they may become (I)one in your hand. 18 And when (J)your people say to you, (K)‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’ 19 say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am about to take (L)the stick of Joseph (that is in the hand of Ephraim) and the tribes of Israel associated with him. And I will join with it the (M)stick of Judah,[b] and (N)make them one stick, (O)that they may be one in my hand. 20 When the sticks on which you write are in your hand (P)before their eyes, 21 then say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, (Q)I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and (R)bring them to their own land. 22 And (S)I will make them one nation in the land, on (T)the mountains of Israel. And (U)one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer (V)two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 37:16 Or one piece of wood; also verses 17, 19, 20
  2. Ezekiel 37:19 Hebrew And I will place them on it, the stick of Judah

47 “Therefore, behold, the days are coming
    when (A)I will punish the images of Babylon;
(B)her whole land shall be put to shame,
    and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
48 (C)Then the heavens and the earth,
    and all that is in them,
shall sing for joy over Babylon,
    (D)for the destroyers shall come against them out of the north,
declares the Lord.

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33 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah with them. All who took them captive have held them fast; (B)they refuse to let them go. 34 (C)Their Redeemer is strong; (D)the Lord of hosts is his name. (E)He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.

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19 (A)I will restore Israel to his pasture, and (B)he shall feed on (C)Carmel and in (D)Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in (E)Gilead. 20 In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, (F)iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for (G)I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

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15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous (A)Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

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(A)Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security. (B)I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, (C)and rebuild them as they were (D)at first. (E)I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, (F)and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me.

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(A)With weeping they shall come,
    (B)and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them (C)walk by brooks of water,
    (D)in a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for (E)I am a father to Israel,
    and Ephraim is (F)my firstborn.

10 “Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
    and declare it in the coastlands far away;
say, ‘He who scattered Israel will (G)gather him,
    and will keep him (H)as a shepherd keeps his flock.’

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For there shall be a day when watchmen will call
    in (A)the hill country of Ephraim:
(B)‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
    to the Lord our God.’”

For thus says the Lord:
(C)“Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
    and raise shouts for (D)the chief of the nations;
proclaim, give praise, and say,
    (E)‘O Lord, save your people,
    the remnant of Israel.’

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10 (A)“Then fear not, (B)O Jacob my servant, declares the Lord,
    nor be dismayed, O Israel;
for behold, (C)I will save you from far away,
    (D)and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
(E)Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
    and none shall make him afraid.
11 (F)For I am with you to save you,
declares the Lord;
(G)I will make a full end of all the nations
    among whom I scattered you,
    but of you I will not make a full end.
(H)I will (I)discipline you in just measure,
    and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

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12 (A)Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, (B)and I will hear you. 13 (C)You will seek me and find me, when you seek me (D)with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you, declares the Lord, (E)and I will restore your fortunes and (F)gather you from all the nations and all the places (G)where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

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16 And when you have multiplied and been fruitful in the land, in those days, declares the Lord, they shall no more say, “The ark of the covenant of the Lord.” It shall not come to mind or be remembered or missed; it shall not be made again. 17 At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord, (A)and all nations shall gather to it, (B)to the presence of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart. 18 (C)In those days the house of Judah shall join the house of Israel, and together they shall come from the land (D)of the north to (E)the land that I gave your fathers for a heritage.

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(A)For the day of vengeance was in my heart,
    and my year of redemption[a] had come.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:4 Or the year of my redeemed

(A)“Seek the Lord while he may be found;
    call upon him while he is near;

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19 (A)I did not speak in secret,
    in a land of darkness;
I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
    (B)‘Seek me in vain.’[a]
I the Lord speak (C)the truth;
    I declare what is right.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:19 Hebrew in emptiness

The Restoration of Jacob

14 (A)For the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and (B)will set them in their own land, and (C)sojourners will join them and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob.

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Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
    like streams in the Negeb!
(A)Those who sow in tears
    shall reap with shouts of joy!
He who goes out weeping,
    bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
    bringing his sheaves with him.

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