98 Verses about the Promise of Restoration

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.

The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the Lord, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the Lord your God has scattered you.

the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the Lord, saying: ‘Give thanks to the Lord of Hosts, for the Lord is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the Lord.

Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him, and He will do it.

Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.

Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.

saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.”

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.

“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.

I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

to console the mourners in Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.

And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.So the redeemed of the Lord will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God.

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

For behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the Lord. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”

He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

“On that day,” declares the Lord, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.And I will make the lame into a remnant, and the outcast into a strong nation. Then the Lord will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.

I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.

Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

This is what the Lord says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,

As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.

For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.

The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

For this is what the Lord says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them.

Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the Lord has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.

Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.

Because of the loving devotion of the Lord we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!

This is what the Lord says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the Lord. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts— the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust — My great army that I sent against you.

Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.

After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.

But those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”

Come, let us return to the Lord. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.

Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the Lord, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”

Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.

and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,

And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.

He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

“Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,

This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life.

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

Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the Lord, “and I will heal them.”

Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?

Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the Lord has done great things.

They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”

I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

Restore us to Yourself, O Lord, so we may return; renew our days as of old,

You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’

The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the Lord binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.

He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.

The Lord your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”

Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

“Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?

I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.

For the Lord will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; 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 melodious song.

Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.

I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the Lord their God, and I will answer them.

“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the Lord our God.