26 and in this way[a] all Israel will be saved.(A) As it is written:

“The deliverer will come from Zion;
    he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.

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  1. Romans 11:26 Or and so

20 “The Redeemer(A) will come to Zion,(B)
    to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”(C)
declares the Lord.

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31 “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.
32 It will not be like the covenant(B)
    I made with their ancestors(C)
when I took them by the hand
    to lead them out of Egypt,(D)
because they broke my covenant,
    though I was a husband(E) to[a] them,[b]
declares the Lord.
33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
    after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds(F)
    and write it on their hearts.(G)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.(H)
34 No longer will they teach(I) their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know(J) me,
    from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive(K) their wickedness
    and will remember their sins(L) no more.”

35 This is what the Lord says,

he who appoints(M) the sun
    to shine by day,
who decrees the moon and stars
    to shine by night,(N)
who stirs up the sea(O)
    so that its waves roar(P)
    the Lord Almighty is his name:(Q)
36 “Only if these decrees(R) vanish from my sight,”
    declares the Lord,
“will Israel(S) ever cease
    being a nation before me.”

37 This is what the Lord says:

“Only if the heavens above can be measured(T)
    and the foundations of the earth below be searched out
will I reject(U) all the descendants of Israel
    because of all they have done,”
declares the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 31:32 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac / and I turned away from
  2. Jeremiah 31:32 Or was their master

Afterward the Israelites will return and seek(A) the Lord their God and David their king.(B) They will come trembling(C) to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.(D)

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Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!(A)
    When the Lord restores(B) his people,
    let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!

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“I will strengthen(A) Judah
    and save the tribes of Joseph.
I will restore them
    because I have compassion(B) on them.(C)
They will be as though
    I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God
    and I will answer(D) them.
The Ephraimites will become like warriors,
    and their hearts will be glad as with wine.(E)
Their children will see it and be joyful;
    their hearts will rejoice(F) in the Lord.
I will signal(G) for them
    and gather them in.
Surely I will redeem them;
    they will be as numerous(H) as before.
Though I scatter them among the peoples,
    yet in distant lands they will remember me.(I)
They and their children will survive,
    and they will return.
10 I will bring them back from Egypt
    and gather them from Assyria.(J)
I will bring them to Gilead(K) and Lebanon,
    and there will not be room(L) enough for them.
11 They will pass through the sea of trouble;
    the surging sea will be subdued
    and all the depths of the Nile will dry up.(M)
Assyria’s pride(N) will be brought down
    and Egypt’s scepter(O) will pass away.(P)
12 I will strengthen(Q) them in the Lord
    and in his name they will live securely,(R)
declares the Lord.

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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

14 who gave himself for us(A) to redeem us from all wickedness(B) and to purify(C) for himself a people that are his very own,(D) eager to do what is good.(E)

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26 When God raised up(A) his servant, he sent him first(B) to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

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16 The Lord will roar(A) from Zion
    and thunder from Jerusalem;(B)
    the earth and the heavens will tremble.(C)
But the Lord will be a refuge(D) for his people,
    a stronghold(E) for the people of Israel.

Blessings for God’s People

17 “Then you will know(F) that I, the Lord your God,(G)
    dwell in Zion,(H) my holy hill.(I)
Jerusalem will be holy;(J)
    never again will foreigners invade her.(K)

18 “In that day the mountains will drip new wine,(L)
    and the hills will flow with milk;(M)
    all the ravines of Judah will run with water.(N)
A fountain will flow out of the Lord’s house(O)
    and will water the valley of acacias.[a](P)
19 But Egypt(Q) will be desolate,
    Edom(R) a desert waste,
because of violence(S) done to the people of Judah,
    in whose land they shed innocent blood.
20 Judah will be inhabited forever(T)
    and Jerusalem through all generations.
21 Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?(U)
    No, I will not.(V)

The Lord dwells in Zion!(W)

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  1. Joel 3:18 Or Valley of Shittim

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) 26 I will make a covenant of peace(N) with them; it will be an everlasting covenant.(O) I will establish them and increase their numbers,(P) and I will put my sanctuary among them(Q) forever.(R) 27 My dwelling place(S) will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.(T) 28 Then the nations will know that I the Lord make Israel holy,(U) when my sanctuary is among them forever.(V)’”

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

17 But Israel will be saved(A) by the Lord
    with an everlasting salvation;(B)
you will never be put to shame or disgraced,(C)
    to ages everlasting.

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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

21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,[a](A) because he will save his people from their sins.”(B)

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  1. Matthew 1:21 Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua, which means the Lord saves.

22 I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another.(A) 23 I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend(B) them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.(C) 24 I the Lord will be their God,(D) and my servant David(E) will be prince among them.(F) I the Lord have spoken.(G)

25 “‘I will make a covenant(H) of peace(I) with them and rid the land of savage beasts(J) so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety.(K) 26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.[a](L) I will send down showers in season;(M) there will be showers of blessing.(N) 27 The trees will yield their fruit(O) and the ground will yield its crops;(P) the people will be secure(Q) in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke(R) and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.(S) 28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety,(T) and no one will make them afraid.(U) 29 I will provide for them a land renowned(V) for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine(W) in the land or bear the scorn(X) of the nations.(Y) 30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord.(Z) 31 You are my sheep,(AA) the sheep of my pasture,(AB) and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

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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

The Lord will call you back(A)
    as if you were a wife deserted(B) and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,(C)
    only to be rejected,” says your God.
“For a brief moment(D) I abandoned(E) you,
    but with deep compassion(F) I will bring you back.(G)
In a surge of anger(H)
    I hid(I) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness(J)
    I will have compassion(K) on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.(L)

“To me this is like the days of Noah,
    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.(M)
So now I have sworn(N) not to be angry(O) with you,
    never to rebuke(P) you again.
10 Though the mountains be shaken(Q)
    and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love(R) for you will not be shaken(S)
    nor my covenant(T) of peace(U) be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion(V) on you.

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12 But I will leave within you
    the meek(A) and humble.
The remnant of Israel
    will trust(B) in the name of the Lord.
13 They(C) will do no wrong;(D)
    they will tell no lies.(E)
A deceitful tongue
    will not be found in their mouths.(F)
They will eat and lie down(G)
    and no one will make them afraid.(H)

14 Sing, Daughter Zion;(I)
    shout aloud,(J) Israel!
Be glad and rejoice(K) with all your heart,
    Daughter Jerusalem!
15 The Lord has taken away your punishment,
    he has turned back your enemy.
The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you;(L)
    never again will you fear(M) any harm.(N)
16 On that day
    they will say to Jerusalem,
“Do not fear, Zion;
    do not let your hands hang limp.(O)
17 The Lord your God is with you,
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.(P)
He will take great delight(Q) in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,(R)
    but will rejoice over you with singing.”(S)

18 “I will remove from you
    all who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals,
    which is a burden and reproach for you.
19 At that time I will deal
    with all who oppressed(T) you.
I will rescue the lame;
    I will gather the exiles.(U)
I will give them praise(V) and honor
    in every land where they have suffered shame.
20 At that time I will gather you;
    at that time I will bring(W) you home.
I will give you honor(X) and praise(Y)
    among all the peoples of the earth
when I restore your fortunes[a](Z)
    before your very eyes,”
says the Lord.

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

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

16 Nations will see and be ashamed,(B)
    deprived of all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths(C)
    and their ears will become deaf.
17 They will lick dust(D) like a snake,
    like creatures that crawl on the ground.
They will come trembling(E) out of their dens;
    they will turn in fear(F) to the Lord our God
    and will be afraid of you.
18 Who is a God(G) like you,
    who pardons sin(H) and forgives(I) the transgression
    of the remnant(J) of his inheritance?(K)
You do not stay angry(L) forever
    but delight to show mercy.(M)
19 You will again have compassion on us;
    you will tread our sins underfoot
    and hurl all our iniquities(N) into the depths of the sea.(O)
20 You will be faithful to Jacob,
    and show love to Abraham,(P)
as you pledged on oath to our ancestors(Q)
    in days long ago.(R)

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24 “Have you not noticed that these people are saying, ‘The Lord has rejected the two kingdoms[a](A) he chose’? So they despise(B) my people and no longer regard them as a nation.(C) 25 This is what the Lord says: ‘If I have not made my covenant with day and night(D) and established the laws(E) of heaven and earth,(F) 26 then I will reject(G) the descendants of Jacob(H) 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[b](I) and have compassion(J) on them.’”

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  1. Jeremiah 33:24 Or families
  2. Jeremiah 33:26 Or will bring them 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) 38 They will be my people,(D) and I will be their God. 39 I will give them singleness(E) of heart and action, so that they will always fear(F) me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them. 40 I will make an everlasting covenant(G) with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire(H) them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me.(I) 41 I will rejoice(J) in doing them good(K) and will assuredly plant(L) them in this land with all my heart and soul.(M)

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17 At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne(A) of the Lord, and all nations(B) will gather in Jerusalem to honor(C) the name of the Lord. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.(D) 18 In those days the people of Judah will join the people of Israel,(E) and together(F) they will come from a northern(G) land to the land(H) I gave your ancestors as an inheritance.

19 “I myself said,

“‘How gladly would I treat you like my children
    and give you a pleasant land,(I)
    the most beautiful inheritance(J) of any nation.’
I thought you would call me ‘Father’(K)
    and not turn away from following me.
20 But like a woman unfaithful to her husband,
    so you, Israel, have been unfaithful(L) to me,”
declares the Lord.

21 A cry is heard on the barren heights,(M)
    the weeping(N) and pleading of the people of Israel,
because they have perverted their ways
    and have forgotten(O) the Lord their God.

22 “Return,(P) faithless people;
    I will cure(Q) you of backsliding.”(R)

“Yes, we will come to you,
    for you are the Lord our God.
23 Surely the idolatrous commotion on the hills(S)
    and mountains is a deception;
surely in the Lord our God
    is the salvation(T) of Israel.

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47 Save us,(A) Lord our God,
    and gather us(B) from the nations,
that we may give thanks(C) to your holy name(D)
    and glory in your praise.

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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) 29 I will no longer hide my face(I) from them, for I will pour out my Spirit(J) on the people of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord.(K)

The Temple Area Restored

40 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the fall of the city(L)—on that very day the hand of the Lord was on me(M) and he took me there. In visions(N) of God he took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain,(O) on whose south side were some buildings that looked like a city. He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze;(P) he was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod(Q) in his hand. The man said to me, “Son of man, look carefully and listen closely and pay attention to everything I am going to show you,(R) for that is why you have been brought here. Tell(S) the people of Israel everything you see.(T)

The East Gate to the Outer Court

I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits,[b] each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured(U) the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod high.

Then he went to the east gate.(V) He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate; it was one rod deep. The alcoves(W) for the guards were one rod long and one rod wide, and the projecting walls between the alcoves were five cubits[c] thick. And the threshold of the gate next to the portico facing the temple was one rod deep.

Then he measured the portico of the gateway; it[d] was eight cubits[e] deep and its jambs were two cubits[f] thick. The portico of the gateway faced the temple.

10 Inside the east gate were three alcoves on each side; the three had the same measurements, and the faces of the projecting walls on each side had the same measurements. 11 Then he measured the width of the entrance of the gateway; it was ten cubits and its length was thirteen cubits.[g] 12 In front of each alcove was a wall one cubit high, and the alcoves were six cubits square. 13 Then he measured the gateway from the top of the rear wall of one alcove to the top of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits[h] from one parapet opening to the opposite one. 14 He measured along the faces of the projecting walls all around the inside of the gateway—sixty cubits.[i] The measurement was up to the portico[j] facing the courtyard.[k](X) 15 The distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its portico was fifty cubits.[l] 16 The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openings all around, as was the portico; the openings all around faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees.(Y)

The Outer Court

17 Then he brought me into the outer court.(Z) There I saw some rooms and a pavement that had been constructed all around the court; there were thirty rooms(AA) along the pavement.(AB) 18 It abutted the sides of the gateways and was as wide as they were long; this was the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the distance from the inside of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court;(AC) it was a hundred cubits[m](AD) on the east side as well as on the north.

The North Gate

20 Then he measured the length and width of the north gate, leading into the outer court. 21 Its alcoves(AE)—three on each side—its projecting walls and its portico(AF) had the same measurements as those of the first gateway. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 22 Its openings, its portico(AG) and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.(AH) 23 There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured from one gate to the opposite one; it was a hundred cubits.(AI)

The South Gate

24 Then he led me to the south side and I saw the south gate. He measured its jambs and its portico, and they had the same measurements(AJ) as the others. 25 The gateway and its portico had narrow openings all around, like the openings of the others. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.(AK) 26 Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them; it had palm tree decorations on the faces of the projecting walls on each side.(AL) 27 The inner court(AM) also had a gate facing south, and he measured from this gate to the outer gate on the south side; it was a hundred cubits.(AN)

The Gates to the Inner Court

28 Then he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements(AO) as the others. 29 Its alcoves,(AP) its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.(AQ) 30 (The porticoes(AR) of the gateways around the inner court were twenty-five cubits wide and five cubits deep.) 31 Its portico(AS) faced the outer court; palm trees decorated its jambs, and eight steps led up to it.(AT)

32 Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements(AU) as the others. 33 Its alcoves,(AV) its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 34 Its portico(AW) faced the outer court; palm trees decorated the jambs on either side, and eight steps led up to it.

35 Then he brought me to the north gate(AX) and measured it. It had the same measurements(AY) as the others, 36 as did its alcoves,(AZ) its projecting walls and its portico, and it had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 37 Its portico[n](BA) faced the outer court; palm trees decorated the jambs on either side, and eight steps led up to it.(BB)

The Rooms for Preparing Sacrifices

38 A room with a doorway was by the portico in each of the inner gateways, where the burnt offerings(BC) were washed. 39 In the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings,(BD) sin offerings[o](BE) and guilt offerings(BF) were slaughtered.(BG) 40 By the outside wall of the portico of the gateway, near the steps at the entrance of the north gateway were two tables, and on the other side of the steps were two tables. 41 So there were four tables on one side of the gateway and four on the other—eight tables in all—on which the sacrifices were slaughtered. 42 There were also four tables of dressed stone(BH) for the burnt offerings, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit high.[p] On them were placed the utensils for slaughtering the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.(BI) 43 And double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth[q] long, were attached to the wall all around. The tables were for the flesh of the offerings.

The Rooms for the Priests

44 Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two rooms, one[r] at the side of the north gate and facing south, and another at the side of the south[s] gate and facing north. 45 He said to me, “The room facing south is for the priests who guard the temple,(BJ) 46 and the room facing north(BK) is for the priests who guard the altar.(BL) These are the sons of Zadok,(BM) who are the only Levites who may draw near to the Lord to minister before him.(BN)

47 Then he measured the court: It was square—a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.(BO)

The New Temple

48 He brought me to the portico of the temple(BP) and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits[t] and its projecting walls were[u] three cubits[v] wide on either side.

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  1. Ezekiel 39:25 Or now bring Jacob back from captivity
  2. Ezekiel 40:5 That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters; also in verse 12. The long cubit of about 21 inches or about 53 centimeters is the basic unit of measurement of length throughout chapters 40–48.
  3. Ezekiel 40:7 That is, about 8 3/4 feet or about 2.7 meters; also in verse 48
  4. Ezekiel 40:9 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts gateway facing the temple; it was one rod deep. Then he measured the portico of the gateway; it
  5. Ezekiel 40:9 That is, about 14 feet or about 4.2 meters
  6. Ezekiel 40:9 That is, about 3 1/2 feet or about 1 meter
  7. Ezekiel 40:11 That is, about 18 feet wide and 23 feet long or about 5.3 meters wide and 6.9 meters long
  8. Ezekiel 40:13 That is, about 44 feet or about 13 meters; also in verses 21, 25, 29, 30, 33 and 36
  9. Ezekiel 40:14 That is, about 105 feet or about 32 meters
  10. Ezekiel 40:14 Septuagint; Hebrew projecting wall
  11. Ezekiel 40:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
  12. Ezekiel 40:15 That is, about 88 feet or about 27 meters; also in verses 21, 25, 29, 33 and 36
  13. Ezekiel 40:19 That is, about 175 feet or about 53 meters; also in verses 23, 27 and 47
  14. Ezekiel 40:37 Septuagint (see also verses 31 and 34); Hebrew jambs
  15. Ezekiel 40:39 Or purification offerings
  16. Ezekiel 40:42 That is, about 2 2/3 feet long and wide and 21 inches high or about 80 centimeters long and wide and 53 centimeters high
  17. Ezekiel 40:43 That is, about 3 1/2 inches or about 9 centimeters
  18. Ezekiel 40:44 Septuagint; Hebrew were rooms for singers, which were
  19. Ezekiel 40:44 Septuagint; Hebrew east
  20. Ezekiel 40:48 That is, about 25 feet or about 7.4 meters
  21. Ezekiel 40:48 Septuagint; Hebrew entrance was
  22. Ezekiel 40:48 That is, about 5 1/4 feet or about 1.6 meters

17 But I will restore you to health
    and heal(A) your wounds,’
declares the Lord,
‘because you are called an outcast,(B)
    Zion for whom no one cares.’(C)

18 “This is what the Lord says:

“‘I will restore the fortunes(D) of Jacob’s tents(E)
    and have compassion(F) on his dwellings;
the city will be rebuilt(G) on her ruins,
    and the palace will stand in its proper place.
19 From them will come songs(H) of thanksgiving(I)
    and the sound of rejoicing.(J)
I will add to their numbers,(K)
    and they will not be decreased;
I will bring them honor,(L)
    and they will not be disdained.
20 Their children(M) will be as in days of old,
    and their community will be established(N) before me;
    I will punish(O) all who oppress them.
21 Their leader(P) will be one of their own;
    their ruler will arise from among them.(Q)
I will bring him near(R) and he will come close to me—
    for who is he who will devote himself
    to be close to me?’
declares the Lord.
22 “‘So you will be my people,(S)
    and I will be your God.(T)’”

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