Jeremiah 51:50
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50 (A)“You who have escaped from the sword,
go, do not stand still!
Remember the Lord from far away,
and let Jerusalem come into your mind:
Jeremiah 44:28
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28 (A)And those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, (B)few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who came to the land of Egypt to live, (C)shall know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.
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Psalm 122:6
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6 (A)Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
“May they be secure who love you!
Isaiah 52:11-12
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11 (A)Depart, depart, go out from there;
touch no unclean thing;
go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves,
(B)you who bear the vessels of the Lord.
12 For you shall not (C)go out in haste,
and you shall not go in flight,
(D)for the Lord will go before you,
(E)and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
Ezra 1:3-5
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3 Whoever is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel—(A)he is the God who is in Jerusalem. 4 And let each survivor, in whatever place he sojourns, be assisted by the men of his place with silver and gold, with goods and with beasts, besides freewill offerings for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.”
5 Then rose up the heads of the fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, (B)everyone whose spirit (C)God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem.
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Revelation 18:4
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4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,
(A)“Come out of her, my people,
lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;
Zechariah 2:7-9
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7 (A)Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. 8 For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me[a] to the nations who plundered you, (B)for he who touches you touches (C)the apple of his eye: 9 “Behold, (D)I will shake my hand over them, (E)and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then (F)you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.
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- Zechariah 2:8 Or he sent me after glory
Daniel 9:16-19
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16 “O Lord, (A)according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, (B)your holy hill, (C)because for our sins, and for (D)the iniquities of our fathers, (E)Jerusalem and your people have become (F)a byword among all who are around us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord,[a] (G)make your face to shine upon (H)your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 (I)O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see (J)our desolations, and (K)the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. (L)Delay not, (M)for your own sake, O my God, because (N)your city and (O)your people are called by your name.”
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- Daniel 9:17 Hebrew for the Lord's sake
Jeremiah 51:45
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45 “Go out of the midst of her, (A)my people!
Let every one save his life
from (B)the fierce anger of the Lord!
Isaiah 51:11
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11 (A)And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Daniel 9:2-3
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2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to (A)the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.
3 Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by (B)prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
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Jeremiah 51:6
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6 (A)“Flee from the midst of Babylon;
let every one save his life!
(B)Be not cut off in her punishment,
(C)for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance,
the repayment he is rendering her.
Jeremiah 50:8
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8 (A)“Flee from the midst of Babylon, (B)and go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as male goats before the flock.
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Jeremiah 31:21
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21 (A)“Set up road markers for yourself;
make yourself guideposts;
(B)consider well the highway,
(C)the road by which you went.
Return, O virgin Israel,
return to these your cities.
Jeremiah 29:12-14
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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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Psalm 137:5-6
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5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
(A)let my right hand forget its skill!
6 Let my (B)tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
above my highest joy!
Psalm 102:13-14
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13 You will (A)arise and have (B)pity on Zion;
it is the time to favor her;
(C)the appointed time has come.
14 For your servants hold her (D)stones dear
and have pity on her dust.
Nehemiah 2:3-5
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3 I said to the king, (A)“Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, (B)when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?” 4 Then the king said to me, “What are you requesting?” So I prayed (C)to the God of heaven. 5 And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' graves, that I may rebuild it.”
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Nehemiah 1:2-4
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2 that (A)Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews who escaped, who had survived the exile, and concerning Jerusalem. 3 And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and (B)shame. (C)The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, (D)and its gates are destroyed by fire.”
Nehemiah's Prayer
4 As soon as I heard these words I (E)sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the (F)God of heaven.
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Deuteronomy 30:1-4
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Repentance and Forgiveness
30 (A)“And (B)when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and (C)you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you, 2 and (D)return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul, 3 then the Lord your God (E)will restore your fortunes and have mercy on you, and he will (F)gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you. 4 (G)If your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there he will take you.
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Deuteronomy 4:29-31
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29 (A)But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you (B)in the latter days, you will return to the Lord your God and obey his voice. 31 For the Lord your God is (C)a merciful God. (D)He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.
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Isaiah 52:2
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2 (A)Shake yourself from the dust and arise;
be seated, O Jerusalem;
(B)loose the bonds from your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion.
Isaiah 48:20
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20 (A)Go out from Babylon, flee from (B)Chaldea,
declare this (C)with a shout of joy, proclaim it,
send it out to the end of the earth;
say, (D)“The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
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