Parallel Verses
- Amplified Bible - “Therefore, behold, I will allure Israel And bring her into the wilderness, And I will speak tenderly to her [to reconcile her to Me].
- 新标点和合本 - “后来我必劝导她，领她到旷野， 对她说安慰的话。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因此，看哪，我要诱导她，领她到旷野， 我要说动她的心。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因此，看哪，我要诱导她，领她到旷野， 我要说动她的心。
- 当代译本 - “然而，我要引导她， 领她到旷野， 柔声安慰她。
- 圣经新译本 - “因此，我要诱导她， 领她到旷野， 对她说安慰的话。
- 现代标点和合本 - “后来我必劝导她，领她到旷野， 对她说安慰的话。
- 和合本（拼音版） - “后来我必劝导她，领她到旷野， 对她说安慰的话。
- New International Version - “Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her.
- New International Reader's Version - “So now I am going to draw her back to me. I will lead her into the desert. There I will speak tenderly to her.
- English Standard Version - “Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
- New Living Translation - “But then I will win her back once again. I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her there.
- The Message - “And now, here’s what I’m going to do: I’m going to start all over again. I’m taking her back out into the wilderness where we had our first date, and I’ll court her. I’ll give her bouquets of roses. I’ll turn Heartbreak Valley into Acres of Hope. She’ll respond like she did as a young girl, those days when she was fresh out of Egypt. * * *
- Christian Standard Bible - Therefore, I am going to persuade her, lead her to the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
- New American Standard Bible - “Therefore, behold, I am going to persuade her, Bring her into the wilderness, And speak kindly to her.
- New King James Version - “Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Will bring her into the wilderness, And speak comfort to her.
- American Standard Version - Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
- King James Version - Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
- New English Translation - However, in the future I will allure her; I will lead her back into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
- World English Bible - “Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
- 新標點和合本 - 後來我必勸導她，領她到曠野， 對她說安慰的話。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因此，看哪，我要誘導她，領她到曠野， 我要說動她的心。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因此，看哪，我要誘導她，領她到曠野， 我要說動她的心。
- 當代譯本 - 「然而，我要引導她， 領她到曠野， 柔聲安慰她。
- 聖經新譯本 - “因此，我要誘導她， 領她到曠野， 對她說安慰的話。
- 呂振中譯本 - 『因此你看吧、是我要誘導她， 領她到野地， 和她談心。
- 現代標點和合本 - 「後來我必勸導她，領她到曠野， 對她說安慰的話。
- 文理和合譯本 - 我將誘掖之、導之於野、以善言慰之、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 厥後我勸迪斯民、導之於野、以善言慰藉、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 雖然、厥後我仍勸誘之、導之於野、以善言慰藉其心、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - »Por eso, ahora voy a seducirla: me la llevaré al desierto y le hablaré con ternura.
- 현대인의 성경 - “그러므로 내가 그녀를 꾀어내어 광야로 데리고 가서 부드러운 말로 잘 타이르고
- Новый Русский Перевод - Поэтому теперь Я увлеку ее; Я приведу ее в пустыню и буду говорить с ней ласково.
- Восточный перевод - Но теперь Я увлеку её; Я приведу её в пустыню и буду говорить с ней ласково.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Но теперь Я увлеку её; Я приведу её в пустыню и буду говорить с ней ласково.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Но теперь Я увлеку её; Я приведу её в пустыню и буду говорить с ней ласково.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Et je dévasterai ╵sa vigne et son figuier dont elle a dit : « Voyez, c’est le salaire ╵donné par mes amants. » Je les réduirai en broussailles et les bêtes sauvages ╵en feront leur pâture.
- リビングバイブル - 「だが、わたしは再び彼女をくどいて 荒野に連れて行き、やさしく語りかけよう。
- Nova Versão Internacional - “Portanto, agora vou atraí-la; vou levá-la para o deserto e falar-lhe com carinho.
- Hoffnung für alle - Ich verwüste ihre Weinstöcke und Feigenbäume, von denen sie sagte: ›Das habe ich von meinen Freunden für meine Liebesdienste bekommen.‹ Alles, was sie gepflanzt hat, lasse ich von Gestrüpp überwuchern und von wilden Tieren abfressen.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Vậy nên Ta sẽ thu phục nó một lần nữa. Ta sẽ dẫn nó vào hoang mạc và chuyện trò dịu dàng với nó tại đó.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “ดังนั้นเรากำลังจะเกลี้ยกล่อมนาง เราจะพานางเข้าไปในถิ่นกันดาร และพูดกับนางอย่างอ่อนโยน
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “ฉะนั้น ดูเถิด เราจะชวนนาง และนำนางเข้าไปในถิ่นทุรกันดาร และพูดกับนางอย่างนุ่มนวล
Cross Reference
- Jeremiah 30:18 - “Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold (hear this), I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob And have mercy on his dwelling places; The city will be rebuilt on its [old, mound-like] ruin, And the palace will stand on its rightful place.
- Jeremiah 30:19 - From them (city, palace) will come [songs of] thanksgiving And the voices of those who dance and celebrate. And I will multiply them and they will not be diminished [in number]; I will also honor them and they will not be insignificant.
- Jeremiah 30:20 - Their children too will be as in former times, And their congregation will be established before Me; And I will punish all their oppressors.
- Jeremiah 30:21 - Their prince will be one of them, And their ruler will come forward from among them. I will bring him near and he shall approach Me, For who is he who would have the boldness and would dare [on his own initiative] to risk his life to approach Me?’ says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 30:22 - ‘Then you shall be My people, And I will be your God.’ ”
- Zechariah 8:19 - “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘The fast of the fourth [month to mourn the breaching of Jerusalem’s walls], the fast of the fifth [month to mourn the temple’s destruction], the fast of the seventh [month to mourn Gedaliah’s assassination], and the fast of the tenth [month to mourn the siege of Jerusalem] will become times of joy and gladness and cheerful feasts for the house of Judah; so [to bring this about] love truth and peace.’
- Zechariah 8:20 - “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘It will come to pass that peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will come [to Jerusalem].
- Zechariah 8:21 - The inhabitants of one [city] will go to another, saying, “Let us go at once to ask the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts. I will go also.”
- Zechariah 8:22 - So many peoples and powerful nations will come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and to ask the Lord for His favor.’
- Zechariah 8:23 - Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘In those days ten men [as representatives] from all the nations will grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.” ’ ”
- Isaiah 51:3 - For the Lord will comfort Zion [in her captivity]; He will comfort all her ruins. And He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the Lord; Joy and gladness will be found in her, Thanksgiving and the voice of a melody.
- Isaiah 51:4 - “Listen carefully to Me [says the Lord], O My people, And hear Me, O My nation; For a [divine] law will go forth from Me, And I will quickly establish My justice as a light to the peoples.
- Isaiah 51:5 - My righteousness (justice) is near, My salvation has gone forth, And My arms will judge the peoples; The islands and coastlands will wait for Me, And they will wait with hope and confident expectation for My arm.
- Isaiah 51:6 - Lift up your eyes to the heavens, Then look to the earth beneath; For the heavens will be torn to pieces and vanish like smoke, And the earth will wear out like a garment And its inhabitants will die in like manner. But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness (justice) [and faithfully fulfilled promise] will not be broken.
- Isaiah 51:7 - Listen to Me, you who know righteousness (right standing with God), The people in whose heart is My law and instruction; Do not fear the reproach and taunting of man, Nor be distressed at their reviling.
- Isaiah 51:8 - For the moth will eat them like a garment, And the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness and justice [faithfully promised] will exist forever, And My salvation to all generations.”
- Isaiah 51:9 - Awake, awake, put on strength and might, O arm of the Lord; Awake as in the ancient days, as in the generations of long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab (Egypt) in pieces, Who pierced the dragon [of Egypt]?
- Isaiah 51:10 - Was it not You who dried up the [Red] Sea, The waters of the great deep, Who made the depths of the sea a pathway For the redeemed to cross over?
- Isaiah 51:11 - So the redeemed of the Lord will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion; Everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away.
- Isaiah 51:12 - “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies And of a son of man who is made [as destructible] as grass,
- Isaiah 51:13 - That you have forgotten the Lord your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens And laid the foundations of the earth, That you continually tremble with fear all day long because of the rage of the oppressor, As he takes aim to destroy? And where is the rage of the oppressor?
- Isaiah 51:14 - The [captive] exile will soon be set free, and will not die in the dungeon, nor will his food be lacking.
- Isaiah 51:15 - For I am the Lord your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the Lord of hosts is His name.
- Isaiah 51:16 - I have put My words in your mouth and have covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the [renewed] heavens and lay the foundations of the [renewed] earth, and to say to Zion (Jerusalem), ‘You are My people.’ ”
- Isaiah 51:17 - Wake yourself up! Wake yourself up! Stand up, O Jerusalem, You who have drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of His wrath, You who have drunk the cup of staggering and intoxication to the dregs [leaving only sediment].
- Isaiah 51:18 - There is no one to guide her among all the sons she has borne, Nor is there anyone to take her by the hand among all the sons she has reared.
- Isaiah 51:19 - These two tragedies have befallen you; Who will show sympathy for you and mourn with you? The desolation and destruction [on the land and city], famine and sword [on the inhabitants]; How shall I comfort you?
- Isaiah 51:20 - Your sons have fainted; They lie helpless at the head of every street, Like an antelope in a net, Full [from drinking] of the wrath of the Lord, The rebuke of your God.
- Isaiah 51:21 - Therefore, now hear this, you who are afflicted, Who are drunk, but not with wine [but overwhelmed by the wrath of God].
- Isaiah 51:22 - So says your Lord, the Lord, who is also your God Who pleads the cause of His people, “Listen carefully, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering and intoxication, The cup of My wrath; You shall never drink it again.
- Isaiah 51:23 - I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, Who have said to you, ‘Lie down so that we may walk over you.’ You have even made your back like the ground And like the street for those who walk over it.”
- Genesis 34:3 - But his soul longed for and clung to Dinah daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke comfortingly to her young heart’s wishes.
- Ezekiel 34:22 - therefore, I will rescue My flock, and they shall no longer be prey; and I will judge between one sheep [ungodly] and another [godly].
- Ezekiel 34:23 - “Then I will appoint over them one shepherd and he will feed them, [a ruler like] My servant David; he will feed them and be their shepherd.
- Ezekiel 34:24 - And I the Lord will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken.
- Ezekiel 34:25 - “I will make a covenant of peace with them and will eliminate the predatory animals from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep [safely] in the woods.
- Ezekiel 34:26 - I will make them and the places around My hill (Jerusalem, Zion) a blessing. And I will make showers come down in their season; there will be [abundant] showers of blessing (divine favor).
- Ezekiel 34:27 - Also the tree of the field will yield its fruit and the earth will yield its produce; and My people will be secure on their land. Then they will know [with confidence] that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and have rescued them from the hand of those who made them slaves.
- Ezekiel 34:28 - They will no longer be prey to the nations, and the predators of the earth will not devour them; but they will live safely, and no one will make them afraid [in the day of the Messiah’s reign].
- Ezekiel 34:29 - I will prepare for them a place renowned for planting [crops], and they will not again be victims of famine in the land, and they will not endure the insults of the nations any longer.
- Ezekiel 34:30 - Then they will know [with assurance] that I the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,” says the Lord God.
- Ezekiel 34:31 - “As for you, My flock, the flock of My pasture, you are men, and I am your God,” says the Lord God.
- Jeremiah 32:36 - “Now therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning this city of which you say, ‘It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword and by famine and by virulent disease.’
- Jeremiah 32:37 - Behold, I will gather them out of all countries to which I have driven them in My anger, in My wrath and in great indignation; and I will bring them back to this place and make them live in safety.
- Jeremiah 32:38 - They will be My people, and I will be their God;
- Jeremiah 32:39 - and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may [reverently] fear Me forever, for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
- Jeremiah 32:40 - I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will do them good and not turn away from them; and I will put in their heart a fear and reverential awe of Me, so that they will not turn away from Me.
- Jeremiah 32:41 - I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
- Isaiah 35:3 - Encourage the exhausted, and make staggering knees firm.
- Isaiah 35:4 - Say to those with an anxious and panic-stricken heart, “Be strong, fear not! Indeed, your God will come with vengeance [for the ungodly]; The retribution of God will come, But He will save you.”
- Judges 19:3 - Then her husband arose and went after her to speak kindly and tenderly to her in order to bring her back, taking with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. So she brought him into her father’s house, and when the father of the girl saw him, he was happy to meet him.
- Ezekiel 37:11 - Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is lost. We are completely cut off.’
- Ezekiel 37:12 - Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will open your graves and make you come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you [back home] to the land of Israel.
- Ezekiel 37:13 - Then you will know [with confidence] that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves and made you come up out of your graves, My people.
- Ezekiel 37:14 - I will put My Spirit in you and you will come to life, and I will place you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and fulfilled it,” says the Lord.’ ”
- Ezekiel 37:15 - The word of the Lord came again to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 37:16 - “And you, son of man, take a stick and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.’
- Ezekiel 37:17 - Then join them together into one stick, so that they may become one in your hand.
- Ezekiel 37:18 - When your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’
- Ezekiel 37:19 - say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am going to take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join the stick of Judah with it and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.” ’
- Ezekiel 37:20 - The sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 37:21 - Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am going to take the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land;
- Ezekiel 37:22 - and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king over all of them; and they will no longer be two nations, and will no longer be divided into two kingdoms.
- Ezekiel 37:23 - They will no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but I will save them from all their transgressions in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them. So they will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Ezekiel 37:24 - “ My servant David will be king over them, and they all will have one shepherd. They will also walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them.
- Ezekiel 37:25 - They will live in the land where your fathers lived, [the land] that I gave to My servant Jacob, and they will live there, they and their children and their children’s children, forever; and My servant David will be their leader forever.
- Ezekiel 37:26 - I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them and multiply them, and will put My sanctuary in their midst forever.
- Ezekiel 37:27 - My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Ezekiel 37:28 - Then the nations will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord who sets apart and sanctifies Israel [for holy use], when My sanctuary is in their midst forever.” ’ ”
- Isaiah 49:13 - Shout for joy, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth, And break forth into singing, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people And will have compassion on His afflicted.
- Isaiah 49:14 - But Zion (Jerusalem in captivity) said, “The Lord has abandoned me, And my Lord has forgotten me.”
- Isaiah 49:15 - [The Lord answered] “Can a woman forget her nursing child And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you.
- Isaiah 49:16 - Indeed, I have inscribed [a picture of] you on the palms of My hands; Your city walls [Zion] are continually before Me.
- Isaiah 49:17 - Your builders hurry; Your destroyers and devastators Will go away from you.
- Isaiah 49:18 - Lift up your eyes and look around [at the returning exiles]; All these gather together and they come to you [to rebuild you]. As I live,” declares the Lord, “You [Zion] will indeed clothe yourself with all of them as jewels and tie them on as a bride.
- Isaiah 49:19 - For your ruins and desolate places and your land [once the scene] of destruction— Certainly now [in the coming years] will be too cramped for the inhabitants, And those who once engulfed you will be far away.
- Isaiah 49:20 - The children of your bereavement [those born in captivity] will yet say in your ears, ‘The place is too cramped for me’; Make room for me that I may live here.
- Isaiah 49:21 - Then [Zion], you will say in your heart, ‘Who has borne me these children, Since I have been bereaved of my children And am barren, an exile and a wanderer? And who has reared these? Indeed, I was left alone; From where then did these children come?’ ”
- Isaiah 49:22 - This is what the Lord God says, “Listen carefully, I will lift up My hand to the [Gentile] nations And set up My banner to the peoples; And they will bring your sons in the fold of their garments, And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.
- Isaiah 49:23 - Kings will be your attendants, And their princesses your nurses. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth And lick the dust of your feet; And you shall know [with an understanding based on personal experience] that I am the Lord; For they shall not be put to shame who wait and hope expectantly for Me.
- Isaiah 49:24 - “Can the spoils of war be taken from the mighty man, Or the captives of a tyrant be rescued?”
- Isaiah 49:25 - Indeed, this is what the Lord says, “Even the captives of the mighty man will be taken away, And the tyrant’s spoils of war will be rescued; For I will contend with your opponent, And I will save your children.
- Isaiah 49:26 - I will make those who oppress you consume their own flesh [in mutually destructive wars] And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine; And all mankind will know [with a knowledge grounded in personal experience] that I, the Lord, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
- Ezekiel 36:8 - But you, O mountains of Israel, will put out your branches and bear your fruit to My people Israel; for they will soon come [home].
- Ezekiel 36:9 - For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you [in favor], and you shall be cultivated and sown.
- Ezekiel 36:10 - I will multiply people on you, all the house of Israel, [indeed] all of it; the cities shall be inhabited and the ruins will be rebuilt.
- Ezekiel 36:11 - I will multiply on you man and animal; and they will increase and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as you were formerly, and I will do better [things] for you than at your beginning. Then you will know [with great confidence] that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 36:12 - Yes, [O mountains of Israel] I will cause men—My people Israel—to walk on you and take possession of you, so that you will become their inheritance and never again bereave them of children.’
- Ezekiel 36:13 - “Thus says the Lord God, ‘Because they say to you, “You [O land] are a devourer of people and have bereaved your nation of children,”
- Ezekiel 36:14 - therefore you will no longer devour people, and no longer bereave your nation of children,’ says the Lord God.
- Ezekiel 36:15 - I will not let you hear insults from the nations anymore, nor will you bear disgrace from the peoples any longer, nor will you cause your nation to stumble [through idolatry] any longer,” says the Lord God.’ ”
- Ezekiel 20:10 - So I made them leave the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.
- Zechariah 1:12 - Then the Angel of the Lord said, “O Lord of hosts, how long will You withhold mercy and compassion from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which You have had indignation and anger these seventy years [of the Babylonian captivity]?”
- Zechariah 1:13 - And the Lord answered the angel who was speaking with me with gracious and comforting words.
- Zechariah 1:14 - So the angel who was speaking with me said to me, “Proclaim, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “I am jealous [with a burning, fiery passion] for Jerusalem and for Zion [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely mine] with a great jealousy.
- Zechariah 1:15 - But I am very angry with the nations who are at ease and feel secure; for while I was only a little angry, they furthered the disaster [against the people of Israel].”
- Zechariah 1:16 - Therefore, thus says the Lord, “I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy and compassion. My house shall be built in it,” says the Lord of hosts, “and a measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.” ’
- Zechariah 1:17 - Proclaim again, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “My cities shall again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord shall again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem.” ’ ”
- Jeremiah 16:14 - “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “when it will no longer be said, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’
- Isaiah 30:18 - Therefore the Lord waits [expectantly] and longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed (happy, fortunate) are all those who long for Him [since He will never fail them].
- Song of Solomon 1:4 - Draw me away with you and let us run together! Let the king bring me into his chambers.” “We will rejoice and be glad in you; We will remember and extol your love more [sweet and fragrant] than wine. Rightly do they love you.”
- Jeremiah 3:12 - Go and proclaim these words toward the north [where the ten tribes have been taken as captives] and say, ‘Return, faithless Israel,’ says the Lord; ‘I will not look on you in anger. For I am gracious and merciful,’ says the Lord; ‘I will not be angry forever.
- Jeremiah 3:13 - Only understand fully and acknowledge your wickedness and guilt, That you have rebelled (transgressed) against the Lord your God And have scattered your favors among strangers under every green tree, And you have not obeyed My voice,’ says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 3:14 - ‘Return, O faithless children [of the twelve tribes],’ says the Lord, ‘For I am a master and husband to you, And I will take you [not as a nation, but individually]—one from a city and two from a [tribal] family— And I will bring you to Zion.’
- Jeremiah 3:15 - “Then [in the final time] I will give you [spiritual] shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and [true] understanding.
- Jeremiah 3:16 - It will be in those days when you have [repented and] multiplied and increased in the land,” says the Lord, “they will no longer say, ‘The ark of the covenant of the Lord.’ It will not come to mind, nor will they [seriously] remember it, nor will they miss it, nor will it be made again [for instead of the ark, which symbolized My presence, I will be present].
- Jeremiah 3:17 - At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘The Throne of the Lord,’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem, for the name (renown) of the Lord; and they will not walk anymore after the stubbornness of their [own] evil heart.
- Jeremiah 3:18 - In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers as an inheritance.
- Jeremiah 3:19 - “Then I said, ‘How [gloriously and honorably] I would set you among My children And give you a pleasant land—a wonderful heritage, The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!’ And I said, ‘You shall call Me, My Father And not turn away from following Me.’
- Jeremiah 3:20 - Surely, as a wife treacherously (unfaithfully) leaves her husband, So you have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel,” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 3:21 - A voice is heard on the barren heights, The weeping and pleading of the children of Israel, Because they have lost their way, They have [deliberately] forgotten the Lord their God.
- Jeremiah 3:22 - “Return, O faithless sons,” [says the Lord], “I will heal your unfaithfulness.” [They answer] “Behold, we come to You, For You are the Lord our God.
- Jeremiah 3:23 - Truly, [the hope of salvation from] the hill [where idols are worshiped] is a deception, A tumult and noisy multitude on the mountains; Truly in the Lord our God Is the salvation of Israel.
- Jeremiah 3:24 - “But the shameful act [of idolatry] has consumed the labor of our fathers since our youth—their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
- Zephaniah 3:9 - Then I will give to the peoples [clear and pure speech from] purified lips [which reflect their purified hearts], That all of them may call on the name of the Lord, To serve Him shoulder to shoulder (united).
- Zephaniah 3:10 - From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia My worshipers, [the descendants of] My dispersed ones, Will bring My offerings.
- Zephaniah 3:11 - On that day you [Israel] will feel no shame Because of all your acts By which you have rebelled and sinned against Me; Then I will remove from among you Your rejoicing ones who delight in their pride; And you will never again behave arrogantly On My holy mountain [Mount Zion].
- Zephaniah 3:12 - But I will leave among you A humble and lowly people, And they will take refuge and trust confidently in the name of the Lord.
- Zephaniah 3:13 - The remnant of Israel will do no wrong Nor speak lies, Nor will a deceitful tongue Be found in their mouths; For they will eat and lie down With no one to make them tremble and feel afraid.”
- Zephaniah 3:14 - Shout for joy, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Israel! Rejoice, be in high spirits and glory with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem [in that day]!
- Zephaniah 3:15 - The Lord has taken away the judgments against you; He has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, even the Lord [Himself], is in your midst; You will no longer fear disaster.
- Zephaniah 3:16 - In that day it will be said to Jerusalem: “Do not be afraid, O Zion; Do not let your hands fall limp.
- Zephaniah 3:17 - The Lord your God is in your midst, A Warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with joy; He will be quiet in His love [making no mention of your past sins], He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.
- Zephaniah 3:18 - I will gather those [Israelites in captivity] who grieve about the appointed feasts— They came from you, [O Zion]; On whom the reproach [of exile] is a burden.
- Zephaniah 3:19 - Behold, at that time I am going to deal With all your oppressors; I will save the lame And gather the scattered, And I will turn their shame into praise and renown In every land [where they have suffered].
- Zephaniah 3:20 - At that time I will bring you in, Yes, at the time I gather you together; For I will make you a name and a praise Among all the peoples of the earth When I restore your fortunes [and freedom] before your eyes,” Says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 31:1 - “At that time,” says the Lord, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.”
- Jeremiah 31:2 - Thus says the Lord, “The people who survived the sword Found grace in the wilderness [of exile]— Israel (the Northern Kingdom), when it went to find its rest.”
- Jeremiah 31:3 - The Lord appeared to me ( Israel) from ages past, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you and continued My faithfulness to you.
- Jeremiah 31:4 - Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel! You will again be adorned with your tambourines and timbrels And go out to the dances of those who celebrate.
- Jeremiah 31:5 - Again you will plant vineyards On the mountains of Samaria; The planters will plant And enjoy the [abundant] fruit [in peace].
- Jeremiah 31:6 - For there will be a day when the watchmen On the hills of Ephraim cry out, ‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion, To the Lord our God.’ ”
- Jeremiah 31:7 - For thus says the Lord, “Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, And shout for the first and foremost of the nations [the chosen people, Israel]; Proclaim, give praise and say, ‘O Lord save Your people, The remnant of Israel!’
- Jeremiah 31:8 - Behold, I am bringing them from the north country, And I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth, Among them [will be] the blind and the lame, The woman with child and she who labors in childbirth, together; A great company, they will return here [to Jerusalem].
- Jeremiah 31:9 - They will come with weeping [in repentance and for joy], And by [their] prayer [for the future] I will lead them; I will make them walk by streams of waters, On a straight path in which they will not stumble, For I am a Father to Israel, And Ephraim (Israel) is My firstborn.”
- Jeremiah 31:10 - Hear the word of the Lord, O you nations, And declare it in the isles and coastlands far away, And say, “He who scattered Israel will gather him And will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.”
- Jeremiah 31:11 - For the Lord has ransomed Jacob And has redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.
- Jeremiah 31:12 - “They will come and sing aloud and shout for joy on the height of Zion, And will be radiant [with joy] over the goodness of the Lord— For the grain, for the new wine, for the oil, And for the young of the flock and the herd. And their life will be like a watered garden, And they shall never sorrow or languish again.
- Jeremiah 31:13 - Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, And the young men and old, together, For I will turn their mourning into joy And will comfort them and make them rejoice after their sorrow.
- Jeremiah 31:14 - I will fully satisfy the soul of the priests with abundance, And My people will be satisfied with My goodness,” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 31:15 - Thus says the Lord, “A voice is heard in Ramah, Lamentation (songs of mourning) and bitter weeping. Rachel (Israel) is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for her children, Because they are gone.”
- Jeremiah 31:16 - Thus says the Lord, “Restrain your voice from weeping And your eyes from tears, For your work will be rewarded,” says the Lord; “And your children will return from the enemy’s land.
- Jeremiah 31:17 - There is [confident] hope for your future,” says the Lord; “Your children will come back to their own country.
- Jeremiah 31:18 - I have surely heard Ephraim (Israel) moaning and grieving, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, Like a bull unaccustomed to the yoke or an untrained calf; Bring me back that I may be restored, For You are the Lord my God.
- Jeremiah 31:19 - After I turned away [from You], I repented; After I was instructed, I struck my thigh [in remorse]; I was ashamed and even humiliated Because I carried the disgrace of my youth [as a nation].’
- Jeremiah 31:20 - Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a darling and beloved child? For as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him. Therefore My affection is renewed and My heart longs for him; I will surely have mercy on him,” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 31:21 - “Place for yourself road signs [toward Canaan], Make for yourself guideposts; Turn your thought and attention to the highway, To the way by which you went [into exile]. Retrace your steps, O virgin of Israel, Return to these your cities.
- Jeremiah 31:22 - How long will you hesitate [to return], O you faithless and renegade daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing in the land [of Israel]: A woman will encompass (tenderly love) a man.”
- Jeremiah 31:23 - Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Once more they will speak these words in the land of Judah (the Southern Kingdom) and in her cities when I restore their fortunes and release them from exile, ‘The Lord bless you, O habitation of justice and righteousness, O holy mountain!’
- Jeremiah 31:24 - And [the people of] Judah and all its cities will live there together—the farmer and they who wander about with flocks.
- Jeremiah 31:25 - For I [fully] satisfy the weary soul, and I replenish every languishing and sorrowful person.”
- Jeremiah 31:26 - At this I (Jeremiah) awoke and looked, and my [trancelike] sleep was sweet [in the assurance it gave] to me.
- Jeremiah 31:27 - “Behold (listen carefully), the days are coming,” says the Lord, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.
- Jeremiah 31:28 - It will be that as I have watched over them to uproot and to break down, to overthrow, destroy, and afflict with disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant [with good],” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 31:29 - “In those days they will not say again, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children’s teeth are set on edge.’
- Jeremiah 31:30 - But everyone will die [only] for his own wickedness; every man who eats sour grapes—his [own] teeth shall be set on edge.
- Jeremiah 31:31 - “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel (the Northern Kingdom) and with the house of Judah (the Southern Kingdom),
- Jeremiah 31:32 - not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 31:33 - “But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the Lord, “I will put My law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Jeremiah 31:34 - And each man will no longer teach his neighbor and his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know Me [through personal experience], from the least of them to the greatest,” says the Lord. “For I will forgive their wickedness, and I will no longer remember their sin.”
- Jeremiah 31:35 - Thus says the Lord, Who gives the sun for light by day And the fixed order of the moon and of the stars for light by night, Who stirs up the sea’s roaring billows or stills the waves when they roar; The Lord of hosts is His name:
- Jeremiah 31:36 - “If this fixed order departs From before Me,” says the Lord, “Then the descendants of Israel also will cease From being a nation before Me forever.”
- Jeremiah 31:37 - Thus says the Lord, “If the heavens above can be measured And the foundations of the earth searched out below, Then I will also cast off and abandon all the descendants of Israel For all that they have done,” says the Lord.
- Ezekiel 39:25 - Therefore thus says the Lord God, “Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob (Israel) and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely mine].
- Ezekiel 39:26 - They will forget their disgrace and all their treachery (unfaithfulness) which they perpetuated against Me, when they live securely in their own land and there is no one who makes them afraid.
- Ezekiel 39:27 - When I bring them back from the nations and gather them out of their enemies’ lands, then I shall show Myself holy [and My justice and holiness will be vindicated] through them in the sight of many nations.
- Ezekiel 39:28 - Then they will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord their God because I made them go into exile among the nations, and then gathered them to their own land. I will leave none of them there [among the nations] any longer.
- Ezekiel 39:29 - I will not hide My face from them any longer, because I will have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,” says the Lord God.
- Jeremiah 2:2 - “Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, “I remember [earnestly] the lovingkindness and devotion of your youth, Your time of betrothal [like that of a bride during the early years in Egypt and again at Sinai], When you followed Me in the wilderness, Through a land not sown.
- Jeremiah 33:6 - Behold, [in the restored Jerusalem] I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace (prosperity, security, stability) and truth.
- Jeremiah 33:7 - I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel and will rebuild them as they were at first.
- Jeremiah 33:8 - I will cleanse them from all their wickedness (guilt) by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon (forgive) all their sins by which they rebelled against Me.
- Jeremiah 33:9 - Jerusalem will be to Me a name of joy, praise and glory before all the nations of the earth which will hear of all the good that I do for it, and they shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the peace (prosperity, security, stability) that I provide for it.’
- Jeremiah 33:10 - “Thus says the Lord, ‘Yet again there will be heard in this place of which you say, “It is a [desolate] waste, without man and without animal”—even in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without animal—
- Jeremiah 33:11 - the [sound of the] voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the [song-filled] voice of those who say, “Give praise and thanks to the Lord of hosts, For the Lord is good; For His [steadfast] lovingkindness (mercy) endures forever”; and of those who bring a thank offering into the house of the Lord. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 33:12 - “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘There will again be in this desolate place—[a place] without man or animal—and in all its cities, pastures for shepherds who rest their flocks.
- Jeremiah 33:13 - In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the South (the Negev), in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hand of the one who counts them,’ says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 33:14 - ‘Behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good word and promise which I have made regarding the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
- Jeremiah 33:15 - In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He (the Messiah) shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth.
- Jeremiah 33:16 - In those days Judah will be saved and [the people of] Jerusalem will live in safety; and this is the name by which she will be called: the Lord Our Righteousness (Justice).’
- Jeremiah 33:17 - For thus says the Lord, ‘David shall never lack a man (descendant) to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;
- Jeremiah 33:18 - and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man (descendant) to offer burnt offerings before Me and to burn grain offerings and to prepare sacrifices all day long.’ ”
- Jeremiah 33:19 - The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
- Jeremiah 33:20 - “Thus says the Lord, ‘If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night do not take place at their appointed times,
- Jeremiah 33:21 - then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and [My covenant may also be broken] with the Levitical priests, My ministers.
- Jeremiah 33:22 - As the host of [the stars of] heaven cannot be counted and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me.’ ”
- Jeremiah 33:23 - And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
- Jeremiah 33:24 - “Have you not noticed what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families [Israel the northern kingdom, and Judah the southern kingdom] which the Lord chose, He has rejected’? Thus they despise My [chosen] people, no longer are they [considered] as a nation in their sight.
- Jeremiah 33:25 - Thus says the Lord, ‘If My covenant with day and night does not stand, and if I have not established the fixed patterns of heaven and earth, [the whole order of nature,]
- Jeremiah 33:26 - then I would [also] reject the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, not taking from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But I will restore their fortunes, and will have mercy on them.’ ”
- Amos 9:11 - “In that day I shall raise up and restore the fallen tabernacle (booth) of David, And wall up its breaches [in the city walls]; I will also raise up and restore its ruins And rebuild it as it was in the days of old,
- Amos 9:12 - That they may possess the remnant of Edom (ancient enemies) And all the nations that are called by My name,” Says the Lord who does this.
- Amos 9:13 - “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “When the plowman shall overtake the one who gathers the harvest, And the one who treads the grapes [shall overtake] him who sows the seed [for the harvest continues until planting time]; When the mountains will drip sweet wine And all the hills shall melt [that is, everything that was once barren will overflow with streams of blessing].
- Amos 9:14 - Also I shall bring back the exiles of My people Israel, And they will rebuild the deserted and ruined cities and inhabit them: They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine, And make gardens and eat their fruit.
- Amos 9:15 - I will also plant them on their land, And they shall never again be uprooted from their land Which I have given them,” Says the Lord your God.
- Hosea 2:3 - Or I will strip her naked And expose her as on the day she was born, And make her like a wilderness And make her like a parched land And slay her with thirst.
- Romans 11:26 - and so [at that time] all Israel [that is, all Jews who have a personal faith in Jesus as Messiah] will be saved; just as it is written [in Scripture], “The Deliverer (Messiah) will come from Zion, He will remove ungodliness from Jacob.”
- Romans 11:27 - “This is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins.”
- John 12:32 - And I, if and when I am lifted up from the earth [on the cross], will draw all people to Myself [Gentiles, as well as Jews].”
- Micah 7:14 - Shepherd and rule Your people with Your scepter [of blessing], The flock of Your inheritance and Your possession Which dwells alone [separate and secure from attack] in the forest, In the midst of a garden land. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead As in the days of old [the days of Moses and Elijah].
- Micah 7:15 - “As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt, I shall show you marvelous and miraculous things.”
- Micah 7:16 - The [pagan] nations shall see [God’s omnipotence in delivering Israel] and be ashamed Of all their might [which cannot be compared to His]. They shall put their hand on their mouth [in silent astonishment]; Their ears shall be deaf.
- Micah 7:17 - They shall lick the dust like a serpent; Like crawling things of the earth They shall come trembling out of their fortresses and hiding places. They shall turn and come with fear and dread to the Lord our God And they shall be afraid and stand in awe before You [O Lord].
- Micah 7:18 - Who is a God like You, who forgives wickedness And passes over the rebellious acts of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He [constantly] delights in mercy and lovingkindness.
- Micah 7:19 - He shall again have compassion on us; He will subdue and tread underfoot our wickedness [destroying sin’s power]. Yes, You will cast all our sins Into the depths of the sea.
- Micah 7:20 - You shall give truth to Jacob And lovingkindness and mercy to Abraham, As You have sworn to our forefathers From the days of old.
- John 6:44 - No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him [giving him the desire to come to Me]; and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.
- Revelation 12:14 - But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time (three and one-half years), away from the presence of the serpent (Satan).
- Ezekiel 20:35 - and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you and contend with you face to face.
- Ezekiel 20:36 - As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment and contend with you,” says the Lord God.
- Isaiah 40:1 - “Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God.
- Isaiah 40:2 - “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, And call out to her, that her time of compulsory service in warfare is finished, That her wickedness has been taken away [since her punishment is sufficient], That she has received from the Lord’s hand Double [punishment] for all her sins.”
- Revelation 12:6 - Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God, so that she would be nourished there for a thousand two hundred and sixty days (forty-two months; three and one-half years).