The Restoration of Jacob
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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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Then people will take them d and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them for servants and maids in the land of the LORD; they will take them captive whose captives they were, e and rule over their oppressors.
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Cross References
Psalms 102:13
You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For the time to favor her, Yes, the set time, has come.
Isaiah 49:13
Sing, O heavens! Be joyful, O earth! And break out in singing, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, And will have mercy on His afflicted.
Isaiah 49:15
Can a woman forget her nursing child, And not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, Yet I will not forget you.
Isaiah 54:7
For a mere moment I have forsaken you, But with great mercies I will gather you.
Isaiah 54:8
With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you," Says the LORD, your Redeemer.
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Cross References
Isaiah 41:8
But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend.
Isaiah 41:9
You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its farthest regions, And said to you, 'You are My servant, I have chosen you and have not cast you away:
Zechariah 1:17
"Again proclaim, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "My cities shall again spread out through prosperity; The LORD will again comfort Zion, And will again choose Jerusalem." '"
Zechariah 2:12
And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem.
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Cross References
Isaiah 60:4
Lift up your eyes all around, and see: They all gather together, they come to you; Your sons shall come from afar, And your daughters shall be nursed at your side.
Isaiah 60:5
Then you shall see and become radiant, And your heart shall swell with joy; Because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you.
Isaiah 60:10
The sons of foreigners shall build up your walls, And their kings shall minister to you; For in My wrath I struck you, But in My favor I have had mercy on you.
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Cross References
Isaiah 49:22
Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I will lift My hand in an oath to the nations, And set up My standard for the peoples; They shall bring your sons in their arms, And your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
Isaiah 60:9
Surely the coastlands shall wait for Me; And the ships of Tarshish will come first, To bring your sons from afar, Their silver and their gold with them, To the name of the LORD your God, And to the Holy One of Israel, Because He has glorified you.
Isaiah 66:20
Then they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the LORD out of all nations, on horses and in chariots and in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem," says the LORD, "as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.
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Cross References
Isaiah 60:14
Also the sons of those who afflicted you Shall come bowing to you, And all those who despised you shall fall prostrate at the soles of your feet; And they shall call you The City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.