Nehemiah 1:9

Good News Translation

But then if you turn back to me and do what I have commanded you, I will bring you back to the place where I have chosen to be worshiped, even though you are scattered to the ends of the earth.’

Cross References

1 Kings 8:48

If in that land they truly and sincerely repent and pray to you as they face toward this land which you gave to our ancestors, this city which you have chosen, and this Temple which I have built for you,

1 Kings 9:3

The Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer. I consecrate this Temple which you have built as the place where I shall be worshiped forever. I will watch over it and protect it for all time.

1 Chronicles 16:35

Say to him, “Save us, O God our Savior; gather us together; rescue us from the nations, so that we may be thankful and praise your holy name.”

Ezra 6:12

May the God who chose Jerusalem as the place where he is to be worshiped overthrow any king or nation that defies this command and tries to destroy the Temple there. I, Darius, have commanded. My command is to be fully obeyed.”

Psalm 106:47

Save us, O Lord our God, and bring us back from among the nations, so that we may be thankful and praise your holy name.

Psalm 107:3

and has brought you back from foreign countries, from east and west, from north and south.

Psalm 147:2

The Lord is restoring Jerusalem; he is bringing back the exiles.

Isaiah 11:12

The Lord will raise a signal flag to show the nations that he is gathering together again the scattered people of Israel and Judah and bringing them back from the four corners of the earth.

Isaiah 27:12

On that day, from the Euphrates to the Egyptian border, the Lord will gather his people one by one, as threshing separates the wheat from the chaff.

Isaiah 56:8

The Sovereign Lord, who has brought his people Israel home from exile, has promised that he will bring still other people to join them.

Jeremiah 12:15

But after I have taken them away, I will have mercy on them; I will bring each nation back to its own land and to its own country.

Jeremiah 3:14

“Unfaithful people, come back; you belong to me. I will take one of you from each town and two from each clan, and I will bring you back to Mount Zion.

Jeremiah 31:10

The Lord says, “Nations, listen to me and proclaim my words on the far-off shores. I scattered my people, but I will gather them and guard them as a shepherd guards his flock.

Jeremiah 32:37

I am going to gather the people from all the countries where I have scattered them in my anger and fury, and I am going to bring them back to this place and let them live here in safety.

Jeremiah 6:22

The Lord says, “People are coming from a country in the north; a mighty nation far away is preparing for war.

Ezekiel 14:6

“Now then, tell the Israelites what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying: Turn back and leave your disgusting idols.

Ezekiel 36:24

I will take you from every nation and country and bring you back to your own land.

Leviticus 26:3

“If you live according to my laws and obey my commands,

Zechariah 8:7

I will rescue my people from the lands where they have been taken,

Matthew 24:31

The great trumpet will sound, and he will send out his angels to the four corners of the earth, and they will gather his chosen people from one end of the world to the other.

Deuteronomy 12:21

If the one place of worship is too far away, then, whenever you wish, you may kill any of the cattle or sheep that the Lord has given you, and you may eat the meat at home, as I have told you.

Deuteronomy 12:5

Out of the territory of all your tribes the Lord will choose the one place where the people are to come into his presence and worship him.

Deuteronomy 30:1

“I have now given you a choice between a blessing and a curse. When all these things have happened to you, and you are living among the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you, you will remember the choice I gave you.