98 Verses about the Promise of Restoration

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of your possession? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in showing clemency.He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near;let the wicked forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

For there shall be a sowing of peace; the vine shall yield its fruit, the ground shall give its produce, and the skies shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you, gathering you again from all the peoples among whom the Lord your God has scattered you.

the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord: “Give thanks to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!” For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.

Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.

even to your old age I am he, even when you turn gray I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.

Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.

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

He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in his sight, and give heed to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will not bring upon you any of the diseases that I brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.”

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

Therefore thus says the Lord God: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.

For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you.

I will heal their disloyalty; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.

So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion— to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit. They will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.

The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven.

The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocusAnd the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his suffering ones.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

For the days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will restore the fortunes of my people, Israel and Judah, says the Lord, and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their ancestors and they shall take possession of it.

He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless.

In that day, says the Lord, I will assemble the lame and gather those who have been driven away, and those whom I have afflicted.The lame I will make the remnant, and those who were cast off, a strong nation; and the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion now and forevermore.

I will set my eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up, and not tear them down; I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.

This is my comfort in my distress, that your promise gives me life.

Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Thus says the Lord: In a time of favor I have answered you, on a day of salvation I have helped you; I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages;

This God—his way is perfect; the promise of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all who take refuge in him.

And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.”

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.

For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind.

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

Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God.

The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens— wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught.

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free,

You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.

The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners;

For thus says the Lord: Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good fortune that I now promise them.

“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

Break forth together into singing, you ruins of Jerusalem; for the Lord has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.

Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Thus says the Lord: Keep your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for there is a reward for your work, says the Lord: they shall come back from the land of the enemy;

The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

I will repay you for the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent against you.

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

For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.

May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy.

And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he had prayed for his friends; and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!

Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved.

I will satisfy the weary, and all who are faint I will replenish.

“Come, let us return to the Lord; for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck down, and he will bind us up.

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

Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to live in.

He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.

For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, says the Lord, because they have called you an outcast: “It is Zion; no one cares for her!”

Because their shame was double, and dishonor was proclaimed as their lot, therefore they shall possess a double portion; everlasting joy shall be theirs.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit.

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

I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will lead them and repay them with comfort, creating for their mourners the fruit of the lips.

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, support, strengthen, and establish you.

he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name's sake.

A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

I am going to bring it recovery and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security.

Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old.I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

who satisfies you with good as long as you live so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

For then, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

Thus says the Lord God to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.

Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel! Again you shall take your tambourines, and go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.

Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you.

Peace, peace, to the far and the near, says the Lord; and I will heal them.

Will you not revive us again, so that your people may rejoice in you?

Do not fear, O soil; be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things!

With weeping they shall come, and with consolations I will lead them back, I will let them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble; for I have become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored; renew our days as of old—

For you shall go out in joy, and be led back in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall burst into song, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with justice.

Moreover the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, like the light of seven days, on the day when the Lord binds up the injuries of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.

he sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from destruction.

The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing

For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

See, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything too hard for me?

I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall 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 help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.

You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old shall be merry. I will turn their mourning into joy, I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.

For the Lord will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places, and will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song.

You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.You will increase my honor, and comfort me once again.

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

Return, O faithless children, I will heal your faithlessness. “Here we come to you; for you are the Lord our God.