Psalm 147:2
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Isaiah 56:8
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8 The Lord God, (A)who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says,
(B)“Yet I will gather to him
Others besides those who are gathered to him.”
Psalm 51:18
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18 Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
Isaiah 27:13
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13 (A)So it shall be in that day:
(B)The great trumpet will be blown;
They will come, who are about to perish in the land of Assyria,
And they who are outcasts in the land of (C)Egypt,
And shall (D)worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
Deuteronomy 30:3
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3 (A)that the Lord your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and (B)gather you again from all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you.
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Ephesians 2:12-19
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12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Christ Our Peace
14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one (A)new man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and that He might (B)reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby (C)putting to death the enmity. 17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. 18 For (D)through Him we both have access (E)by one Spirit to the Father.
Christ Our Cornerstone
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
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Ezekiel 39:27-28
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27 (A)When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and I (B)am hallowed in them in the sight of many nations, 28 (C)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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- Ezekiel 39:28 Lit. there
Ezekiel 38:8
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8 (A)After many days (B)you will be visited. In the latter years you will come into the land of those brought back from the sword (C)and gathered from many people on (D)the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all of them (E)dwell safely.
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Jeremiah 32:37
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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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Jeremiah 31:4
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4 Again (A)I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt,
O virgin of Israel!
You shall again be adorned with your (B)tambourines,
And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.
Isaiah 62:7
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7 And give Him no rest till He establishes
And till He makes Jerusalem (A)a praise in the earth.
Isaiah 14:32
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32 What will they answer the messengers of the nation?
That (A)the Lord has founded Zion,
And (B)the poor of His people shall take refuge in it.
Isaiah 11:11-12
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11 It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time
To recover the remnant of His people who are left,
(A)From Assyria and Egypt,
From Pathros and Cush,
From Elam and Shinar,
From Hamath and the [a]islands of the sea.
12 He will set up a banner for the nations,
And will [b]assemble the outcasts of Israel,
And gather together (B)the dispersed of Judah
From the four [c]corners of the earth.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 11:11 Or coastlands
- Isaiah 11:12 gather
- Isaiah 11:12 Lit. wings
Psalm 102:20-22
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20 (A)To hear the groaning of the prisoner,
To release those appointed to death,
21 To (B)declare the name of the Lord in Zion,
And His praise in Jerusalem,
22 (C)When the peoples are gathered together,
And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
Ezekiel 36:24-38
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24 For (A)I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. 25 (B)Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you (C)from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a (D)new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put My (E)Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. 28 (F)Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; (G)you shall be My people, and I will be your God. 29 I will (H)deliver you from all your uncleannesses. (I)I will call for the grain and multiply it, and (J)bring no famine upon you. 30 (K)And I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the nations. 31 Then (L)you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good; and you (M)will [a]loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities and your abominations. 32 (N)Not for your sake do I do this,” says the Lord God, “let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel!”
33 ‘Thus says the Lord God: “On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will also enable you to dwell in the cities, (O)and the ruins shall be rebuilt. 34 The desolate land shall be tilled instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass by. 35 So they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of (P)Eden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’ 36 Then the nations which are left all around you shall know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted what was desolate. (Q)I, the Lord, have spoken it, and I will do it.”
37 ‘Thus says the Lord God: (R)“I will also let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do this for them: I will (S)increase their men like a flock. 38 Like a [b]flock offered as holy sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem on its [c]feast days, so shall the ruined cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”
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- Ezekiel 36:31 despise
- Ezekiel 36:38 Lit. holy flock
- Ezekiel 36:38 appointed feasts
Psalm 102:13-16
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13 You will arise and have mercy on Zion;
For the time to favor her,
Yes, the set time, has come.
14 For Your servants take pleasure in her stones,
And show favor to her dust.
15 So the [a]nations shall (A)fear the name of the Lord,
And all the kings of the earth Your glory.
16 For the Lord shall build up Zion;
(B)He shall appear in His glory.
Footnotes
- Psalm 102:15 Gentiles
Nehemiah 3:1-16
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Rebuilding the Wall
3 Then (A)Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests (B)and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They built (C)as far as the Tower of [a]the Hundred, and consecrated it, then as far as the Tower of (D)Hananel. 2 [b]Next to Eliashib (E)the men of Jericho built. And next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built.
3 Also the sons of Hassenaah built (F)the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and (G)hung its doors with its bolts and bars. 4 And next to them (H)Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of [c]Koz, made repairs. Next to them (I)Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs. Next to them Zadok the son of Baana made repairs. 5 Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their [d]shoulders to (J)the work of their Lord.
6 Moreover Jehoiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired (K)the Old Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors, with its bolts and bars. 7 And next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, the (L)men of Gibeon and Mizpah, repaired the (M)residence[e] of the governor of the region [f]beyond the River. 8 Next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. Also next to him Hananiah, [g]one of the perfumers, made repairs; and they [h]fortified Jerusalem as far as the (N)Broad Wall. 9 And next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, leader of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs. 10 Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph made repairs in front of his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabniah made repairs.
11 Malchijah the son of Harim and Hashub the son of Pahath-Moab repaired another section, (O)as well as the Tower of the Ovens. 12 And next to him was Shallum the son of Hallohesh, leader of half the district of Jerusalem; he and his daughters made repairs.
13 Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired (P)the Valley Gate. They built it, hung its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as (Q)the Refuse Gate.
14 Malchijah the son of Rechab, leader of the district of (R)Beth Haccerem, repaired the Refuse Gate; he built it and hung its doors with its bolts and bars.
15 Shallun the son of Col-Hozeh, leader of the district of Mizpah, repaired (S)the Fountain Gate; he built it, covered it, hung its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired the wall of the Pool of (T)Shelah[i] by the (U)King’s Garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the City of David. 16 After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, leader of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs as far as the place in front of the [j]tombs of David, to the (V)man-made pool, and as far as the House of the Mighty.
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- Nehemiah 3:1 Heb. Hammeah
- Nehemiah 3:2 Lit. On his hand
- Nehemiah 3:4 Or Hakkoz
- Nehemiah 3:5 Lit. necks
- Nehemiah 3:7 Lit. throne
- Nehemiah 3:7 West of the Euphrates
- Nehemiah 3:8 Lit. the son
- Nehemiah 3:8 restored
- Nehemiah 3:15 Or Shiloah
- Nehemiah 3:16 LXX, Syr., Vg. tomb
Ezra 8:1-14
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Heads of Families Who Returned with Ezra
8 These are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of King Artaxerxes: 2 of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, (A)Hattush; 3 of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of (B)Parosh, Zechariah; and registered with him were one hundred and fifty males; 4 of the sons of (C)Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males; 5 of [a]the sons of Shechaniah, Ben-Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males; 6 of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males; 7 of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males; 8 of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males; 9 of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males; 10 of [b]the sons of Shelomith, Ben-Josiphiah, and with him one hundred and sixty males; 11 of the sons of (D)Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males; 12 of the sons of Azgad, Johanan [c]the son of Hakkatan, and with him one hundred and ten males; 13 of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these—Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah—and with them sixty males; 14 also of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and [d]Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
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Ezra 2:64-65
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64 (A)The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, 65 besides their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred men and women singers.
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Ezekiel 37:21-28
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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. 26 Moreover I will [a]make (L)a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and (M)multiply them, and I will set My (N)sanctuary in their midst forevermore. 27 (O)My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be (P)their God, and they shall be My people. 28 (Q)The nations also will know that I, the Lord, (R)sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.” ’ ”
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- Ezekiel 37:26 Lit. cut
Nehemiah 7:4
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The Captives Who Returned to Jerusalem(A)
4 Now the city was large and spacious, but the people in it were (B)few, and the houses were not rebuilt.
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Matthew 16:18
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18 And I also say to you that (A)you are Peter, and (B)on this rock I will build My church, and (C)the gates of Hades shall not [a]prevail against it.
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- Matthew 16:18 be victorious
Daniel 9:25
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25 “Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until (A)Messiah (B)the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The [a]street shall be built again, and the [b]wall,
Even in troublesome times.
Footnotes
- Daniel 9:25 Or open square
- Daniel 9:25 Or moat
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