Zechariah 1:17
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17 “Again proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“My cities shall again [a]spread out through prosperity;
(A)The Lord will again comfort Zion,
And (B)will again choose Jerusalem.” ’ ”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 1:17 Or overflow with good
Isaiah 51:3
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3 For the Lord will (A)comfort Zion,
He will comfort all her waste places;
He will make her wilderness like Eden,
And her desert (B)like the garden of the Lord;
Joy and gladness will be found in it,
Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.
Zechariah 2:12
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12 And the Lord will (A)take possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem.
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Zephaniah 3:15-17
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15 The Lord has taken away your judgments,
He has cast out your enemy.
(A)The King of Israel, the Lord, (B)is in your midst;
You shall [a]see disaster no more.
16 In that day (C)it shall be said to Jerusalem:
“Do not fear;
Zion, (D)let not your hands be weak.
17 The Lord your God (E)in your midst,
The Mighty One, will save;
(F)He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 3:15 So with Heb. mss., LXX, Bg.; MT, Vg. fear
Isaiah 14:1
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Mercy on Jacob
14 For the Lord (A)will have mercy on Jacob, and (B)will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. (C)The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob.
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Obadiah 20
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20 And the captives of this host of the children of Israel
Shall possess the land of the Canaanites
As (A)far as Zarephath.
The captives of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
(B)Shall possess the cities of the [a]South.
Footnotes
- Obadiah 1:20 Heb. Negev
Ezekiel 36:33
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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, (A)and the ruins shall be rebuilt.
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Ezekiel 36:10-11
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10 I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited and (A)the ruins rebuilt. 11 (B)I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and [a]bear young; I will make you inhabited as in former times, and do (C)better for you than at your beginnings. (D)Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
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- Ezekiel 36:11 Lit. be fruitful
Jeremiah 32:43-44
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43 And fields will be bought in this land (A)of which you say, “It is desolate, without man or beast; it has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.” 44 Men will buy fields for money, sign deeds and seal them, and take witnesses, in (B)the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the [a]lowland, and in the cities of the [b]South; for (C)I will cause their captives to return,’ says the Lord.”
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- Jeremiah 32:44 Heb. shephelah
- Jeremiah 32:44 Heb. Negev
Isaiah 66:13
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13 As one whom his mother comforts,
So I will (A)comfort you;
And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.”
Isaiah 61:4-6
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4 And they shall (A)rebuild the old ruins,
They shall raise up the former desolations,
And they shall repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.
5 (B)Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,
And the sons of the foreigner
Shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
6 (C)But you shall be named the priests of the Lord,
They shall call you the servants of our God.
(D)You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,
And in their glory you shall boast.
Isaiah 54:8
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8 With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment;
(A)But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,”
Says the Lord, your Redeemer.
Isaiah 52:9
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9 Break forth into joy, sing together,
You waste places of Jerusalem!
For the Lord has comforted His people,
He has redeemed Jerusalem.
Isaiah 44:26
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26 (A)Who confirms the word of His servant,
And performs the counsel of His messengers;
Who says to Jerusalem, ‘You shall be inhabited,’
To the cities of Judah, ‘You shall be built,’
And I will raise up her waste places;
Psalm 69:35
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35 (A)For God will save Zion
And build the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and possess it.
Nehemiah 11:20
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20 And the rest of Israel, of the priests and Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance.
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2 Chronicles 6:6
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6 (A)Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may be there, and I (B)have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
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Ephesians 1:4
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4 just as (A)He chose us in Him (B)before the foundation of the world, that we should (C)be holy and without blame before Him in love,
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Romans 11:28-29
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28 Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are (A)beloved for the sake of the fathers. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are (B)irrevocable.
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Zechariah 3:2
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2 And the Lord said to Satan, (A)“The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord who (B)has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! (C)Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?”
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Amos 9:14
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14 (A)I will bring back the captives of My people Israel;
(B)They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them;
They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them.
Jeremiah 33:13
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13 (A)In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the South, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks shall again (B)pass under the hands of him who counts them,’ says the Lord.
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Jeremiah 31:23-24
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Future Prosperity of Judah
23 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “They shall again use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I bring back their captivity: (A)‘The Lord bless you, O home of justice, and (B)mountain of holiness!’ 24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and (C)in all its cities together, farmers and those going out with flocks.
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Jeremiah 31:13
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13 “Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance,
And the young men and the old, together;
For I will turn their mourning to joy,
Will comfort them,
And make them rejoice rather than sorrow.
Isaiah 51:12
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12 “I, even I, am He (A)who comforts you.
Who are you that you should be afraid
(B)Of a man who will die,
And of the son of a man who will be made (C)like grass?
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