who confirms the message of his servant and fulfills the counsel of his messengers; who says to Jerusalem,“ She will be inhabited,” and to the cities of Judah,“ They will be rebuilt,” and I will restore her ruins;

使我仆人的话语立定，我使者的谋算成就。论到耶路撒冷说：‘必有人居住’；论到犹大的城邑说：‘必被建造，其中的荒场我也必兴起。’

却使我仆人的话站得住，成就我使者的筹算。我论耶路撒冷说：‘必有人居住’；论犹大的城镇说：‘必被建造，我必重建其中的废墟。’

却使我仆人的话站得住，成就我使者的筹算。我论耶路撒冷说：‘必有人居住’；论犹大的城镇说：‘必被建造，我必重建其中的废墟。’

我使我仆人的话应验，使我使者的计划成就。我说耶路撒冷必有人居住，我说犹大的城邑必重建起来，从废墟中重建起来。

我使我仆人的话实现，使我使者的谋算成就。我对耶路撒冷说：‘你必有人居住。’对犹大的城镇说：‘你们要再被建造起来，至于其中的废墟，我必重建它们。’

是我实现我仆人的话语，成就我使者们的筹算；我论耶路撒冷说：‘必有人居住’，又论犹大各城说：‘必被重建，我必使它们从废墟中兴起’；

使我僕人的話語立定，我使者的謀算成就。論到耶路撒冷說：必有人居住；論到猶大的城邑說：必被建造，其中的荒場我也必興起。

卻使我僕人的話站得住，成就我使者的籌算。我論耶路撒冷說：『必有人居住』；論猶大的城鎮說：『必被建造，我必重建其中的廢墟。』

卻使我僕人的話站得住，成就我使者的籌算。我論耶路撒冷說：『必有人居住』；論猶大的城鎮說：『必被建造，我必重建其中的廢墟。』

我使我僕人的話應驗，使我使者的計劃成就。我說耶路撒冷必有人居住，我說猶大的城邑必重建起來，從廢墟中重建起來。

我使我僕人的話實現，使我使者的謀算成就。我對耶路撒冷說：‘你必有人居住。’對猶大的城鎮說：‘你們要再被建造起來，至於其中的廢墟，我必重建它們。’

是那使他僕人的話得以立定，使他使者的謀算得以完成的，是那說到耶路撒冷必有人居住，那說到猶大城市「必被建造，其荒場我必重立起」的；

是我實現我僕人的話語，成就我使者們的籌算；我論耶路撒冷說：『必有人居住』，又論猶大各城說：『必被重建，我必使它們從廢墟中興起』；

應我僕之言、成我使之謀、論耶路撒冷曰、必有居民、論猶大眾邑曰、必再建造、荒蕪之區、我必興之、

我所遣之僕、有言耶路撒冷、必有居人、猶大眾邑、必有建造、荒蕪之區、必復其初、我必使應其言。

我驗我僕之言、成我使者之謀、命耶路撒冷復有居民、命猶大諸邑重為建築、使其瓦礫瓦礫或作荒蕪之處、復舊如初、

who carries out the words of his servants and fulfills the predictions of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem,‘ It shall be inhabited,’ of the towns of Judah,‘ They shall be rebuilt,’ and of their ruins,‘ I will restore them,’

I make the words of my servants the prophets come true. I carry out what my messengers say will happen.“ I say about Jerusalem,‘ My people will live there again.’ I say about the towns of Judah,‘ They will be rebuilt.’ I say about their broken- down buildings,‘ I will make them like new again.’

who confirms the word of his servant and fulfills the counsel of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem,‘ She shall be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah,‘ They shall be built, and I will raise up their ruins’;

But I carry out the predictions of my prophets! By them I say to Jerusalem,‘ People will live here again,’ and to the towns of Judah,‘ You will be rebuilt; I will restore all your ruins!’

Confirming the word of His servant And carrying out the purpose of His messengers. It is I who says of Jerusalem,‘ She shall be inhabited!’ And of the cities of Judah,‘ They shall be built.’ And I will raise her ruins again.

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;

that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith of Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited; and of the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places thereof;

who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers; who says to Jerusalem,“ She will be inhabited,” and to the cities of Judah,“ They will be rebuilt,” and I will restore her ruins;

That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:

who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants and brings to pass the announcements of his messengers, who says about Jerusalem,‘ She will be inhabited,’ and about the towns of Judah,‘ They will be rebuilt, her ruins I will raise up,’

who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem,‘ She will be inhabited;’ and of the cities of Judah,‘ They will be built,’ and‘ I will raise up its waste places;’

Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in my wrath, yet I will show mercy to you with my favor.

But didn’t my words and my statutes that I commanded my servants the prophets overtake your ancestors?’” So the people repented and said,“ As the LORD of Armies decided to deal with us for our ways and our deeds, so he has dealt with us.”

We also have the prophetic word strongly confirmed, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.Above all, you know this: No prophecy of Scripture comes from the prophet’s own interpretation,because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

The past events have indeed happened. Now I declare new events; I announce them to you before they occur.”

“ Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed, and not comforted, I will set your stones in black mortar, and lay your foundations in lapis lazuli.I will make your fortifications out of rubies, your gates out of sparkling stones, and all your walls out of precious stones.

For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will pass away from the law until all things are accomplished.

Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an Anointed One, the ruler, will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with a plaza and a moat, but in difficult times.

The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem; he gathers Israel’s exiled people.

“‘ This is what the Lord GOD says: Are you the one I spoke about in former times through my servants, the prophets of Israel, who for years prophesied in those times that I would bring you against them?

Now at midnight the LORD struck every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon, and every firstborn of the livestock.During the night Pharaoh got up, he along with all his officials and all the Egyptians, and there was a loud wailing throughout Egypt because there wasn’t a house without someone dead.

The high priest Eliashib and his fellow priests began rebuilding the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated it.The men of Jericho built next to Eliashib, and next to them Zaccur son of Imri built.The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They built it with beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.Next to them Meremoth son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz, made repairs. Beside them Meshullam son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel, made repairs. Next to them Zadok son of Baana made repairs.Beside them the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not lift a finger to help their supervisors.Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate. They built it with beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.Next to them the repairs were done by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who were under the authority of the governor of the region west of the Euphrates River.After him Uzziel son of Harhaiah, the goldsmith, made repairs, and next to him Hananiah son of the perfumer made repairs. They restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.Next to them Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.After them Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs across from his house. Next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah made repairs.Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab made repairs to another section, as well as to the Tower of the Ovens.Beside him Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs— he and his daughters.Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired five hundred yards of the wall to the Dung Gate.Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and roofed it. Then he installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also made repairs to the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the city of David.After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Warriors.Next to him the Levites made repairs under Rehum son of Bani. Beside him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.After him their fellow Levites made repairs under Binnui son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah.Next to him Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, made repairs to another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the Angle.After him Baruch son of Zabbai diligently repaired another section, from the Angle to the door of the house of the high priest Eliashib.Beside him Meremoth son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz, made repairs to another section, from the door of Eliashib’s house to the end of his house.And next to him the priests from the surrounding area made repairs.After them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. Beside them Azariah son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house.After him Binnui son of Henadad made repairs to another section, from the house of Azariah to the Angle and the corner.Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the Angle and tower that juts out from the king’s upper palace, by the courtyard of the guard. Beside him Pedaiah son of Paroshand the temple servants living on Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.Next to him the Tekoites made repairs to another section from a point opposite the great tower that juts out, as far as the wall of Ophel.Each of the priests made repairs above the Horse Gate, each opposite his own house.After them Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house. And beside him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard of the East Gate, made repairs.Next to him Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph made repairs to another section. After them Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his room.Next to him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs to the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upstairs room on the corner.The goldsmiths and merchants made repairs between the upstairs room on the corner and the Sheep Gate.

He gave a sign that day. He said,“ This is the sign that the LORD has spoken:‘ The altar will now be ripped apart, and the ashes that are on it will be poured out.’”When the king heard the message that the man of God had cried out against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar and said,“ Arrest him!” But the hand he stretched out against him withered, and he could not pull it back to himself.The altar was ripped apart, and the ashes poured from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

At the time for offering the evening sacrifice, the prophet Elijah approached the altar and said,“ LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, today let it be known that you are God in Israel and I am your servant, and that at your word I have done all these things.Answer me, LORD! Answer me so that this people will know that you, the LORD, are God and that you have turned their hearts back.”Then the LORD’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.

I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel. They will rebuild and occupy ruined cities, plant vineyards and drink their wine, make gardens and eat their produce.

This is what the LORD says: I will certainly restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and show compassion on his dwellings. Every city will be rebuilt on its mound; every citadel will stand on its proper site.

Fields will be purchased, the transaction written on a scroll and sealed, and witnesses will be called on in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in Judah’s cities— the cities of the hill country, the cities of the Judean foothills, and the cities of the Negev— because I will restore their fortunes.” This is the LORD’s declaration.

Again I will build you so that you will be rebuilt, Virgin Israel. You will take up your tambourines again and go out in joyful dancing.

For you will spread out to the right and to the left, and your descendants will dispossess nations and inhabit the desolate cities.

I will fill you with people, with the whole house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.

I will restore the fortunes of Judah and of Israel and will rebuild them as in former times.

He said to him,“ Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and animals in it.”

They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the former devastations; they will renew the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations.

They said to me,“ The remnant in the province, who survived the exile, are in great trouble and disgrace. Jerusalem’s wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned.”

He told them,“ These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you— that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

For this is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.’

“‘ This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the ruins will be rebuilt.The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by.They will say,“ This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and demolished are now fortified and inhabited.”Then the nations that remain around you will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was demolished and have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken and I will do it.

On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and the left, while Jerusalem continues to be inhabited on its site, in Jerusalem.

You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her— the appointed time has come.For your servants take delight in its stones and favor its dust.Then the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory,for the LORD will rebuild Zion; he will appear in his glory.

For David says of him: I saw the Lord ever before me; because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices. Moreover, my flesh will rest in hope,because you will not abandon me in Hades or allow your holy one to see decay.You have revealed the paths of life to me; you will fill me with gladness in your presence.

“ Look, the days are coming”— the LORD’s declaration—“ when the city from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate will be rebuilt for the LORD.A measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.The whole valley— the corpses, the ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east— will be holy to the LORD. It will never be uprooted or demolished again.”

But all this has happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and ran away.

The priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, and some of the people settled in their towns, and the rest of Israel settled in their towns.

Some of you will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the foundations laid long ago; you will be called the repairer of broken walls, the restorer of streets where people live.

and replied to the king,“ May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

So Moses said,“ This is what the LORD says: About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,and every firstborn male in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the servant girl who is at the grindstones, as well as every firstborn of the livestock.Then there will be a great cry of anguish through all the land of Egypt such as never was before or ever will be again.

All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be changed into a plain. But Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain on its site from the Benjamin Gate to the place of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.People will live there, and never again will there be a curse of complete destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell in security.