Jeremiah 31:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel, said: I promise to set the people of Judah free and to lead them back to their home towns. And when I do, they will once again say, “We pray that the LORD will bless his home, the sacred hill in Jerusalem where his temple stands.”

Cross References

Psalm 128:5

I pray that the LORD will bless you from Zion and let Jerusalem prosper as long as you live.

Psalm 129:8

And don't let anyone who passes by say to them, “The LORD bless you! I give you my blessing in the name of the LORD.”

Psalm 134:3

The LORD is the Creator of heaven and earth, and I pray that the LORD will bless you from Zion.

Psalm 28:9

Come, save us and bless us. Be our shepherd and always carry us in your arms.

Isaiah 1:21

Jerusalem, you are like an unfaithful wife. Once your judges were honest and your people lived right; now you are a city full of murderers.

Isaiah 1:26

Jerusalem, I will choose judges and advisers like those you had before. Your new name will be “Justice and Faithfulness”.

Isaiah 11:9

Nothing harmful will take place on the LORD's holy mountain. Just as water fills the sea, the land will be filled with people who know and honour the LORD.

Isaiah 32:16

Honesty and justice will prosper there,

Isaiah 33:5

You, LORD, are above all others, and you live in the heavens. You have brought justice and fairness to Jerusalem;

Isaiah 60:21

Your people will live right and always own the land; they are the trees I planted to bring praise to me.

Jeremiah 29:14

and accept your worship. Then I will gather you from all the nations where I scattered you, and you will return to Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 30:18

The LORD said: Israel, I will be kind to you and let you come home. Jerusalem now lies in ruins, but you will rebuild it, complete with a new palace.

Jeremiah 32:44

But some day, people will again spend their silver to buy fields everywhere—in the territory of Benjamin, the region around Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, and in the hill country, the foothills to the west, and the Southern Desert. Buyers and sellers and witnesses will sign and seal the bills of sale for the fields. It will happen, because I will give this land back to my people. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Jeremiah 50:7

I am your true pasture land, the one who gave hope to your ancestors. But you abandoned me, so when your enemies found you, they felt no guilt as they gobbled you up.

Obadiah 1:17

The LORD's people who escape will go to Mount Zion, and it will be holy. Then Jacob's descendants will capture the land of those who took their land.

Micah 4:1

In the future, the mountain with the LORD's temple will be the highest of all. It will reach above the hills, and every nation will rush to it.

Zechariah 8:3

I will return to Jerusalem and live there on Mount Zion. Then Jerusalem will be known as my faithful city, and Zion will be known as my holy mountain.

Ruth 2:4

When Boaz left Bethlehem and went out to his field, he said to the harvest workers, “The LORD bless you!” They replied, “And may the LORD bless you!”