Psalm 147:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem. He brings back the Israelites who were taken as prisoners.

Cross References

Isaiah 56:8

The Lord GOD said these things. The Israelites were forced to leave their country, but the Lord will gather them together again. He says, “I will bring them back together again!”

Psalm 51:18

God, please be good to Zion. Rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Deuteronomy 30:3

Then the Lord your God will be kind to you. The Lord your God will make you free again! He will bring you back from the nations where he sent you.

Ezekiel 38:8

After a long time you will be called for duty. In the later years you will come into the land that has been healed from war. The people in that land were gathered from many nations and brought back to the mountains of Israel. In the past, the mountains of Israel had been destroyed again and again. But these people will have come back from those other nations. They all will have lived in safety.

Jeremiah 32:37

‘I have forced the people of Israel and Judah to leave their land. I was very angry with them, but I will bring them back to this place. I will gather them from the land where I forced them to go. I will bring them back to this place. I will let them live in peace and safety.

Isaiah 62:7

Don’t give him any rest until he rebuilds Jerusalem and makes it a place that everyone on earth will praise.

Isaiah 14:32

But what will the messengers from that nation report about us? They will say, “The Lord made Zion strong, and his poor people went there for safety.”

Jeremiah 31:4

Israel, my bride, I will rebuild you. You will be a country again. You will pick up your tambourines again. You will dance with all the other people who are having fun.

Isaiah 27:13

Many of my people are now lost in Assyria. Some of my people have run away to Egypt. But at that time a great trumpet will be blown, and all those people will come back to Jerusalem. They will bow down before the Lord on that holy mountain.

Nehemiah 7:4

Now the city was large and there was plenty of room. But there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.

Daniel 9:25

“Learn and understand these things, Daniel. From the time that the message went out to go back and rebuild Jerusalem until the time for the chosen king to come will be seven weeks. Then Jerusalem will be rebuilt. There will again be places for people to meet together in Jerusalem, and there will be a ditch around the city to protect it. Jerusalem will be built for 62 weeks, but there will be many troubles during that time.

Matthew 16:18

So I tell you, you are Peter. And I will build my church on this rock. The power of death will not be able to defeat my church.

Nehemiah 6:15

So the wall of Jerusalem was completed on the 25th day of the month of Elul. It had taken 52 days to finish building the wall.

Nehemiah 6:16

Then all our enemies heard that we had completed the wall, and all the nations around us saw that it was finished. So they lost their courage, because they understood that this work had been done with the help of our God.

Psalm 102:17

He will listen to the prayers of those in poverty. He will not ignore them.

Jeremiah 31:10

“Nations, listen to this message from the Lord! Tell this message in the faraway lands by the sea: ‘God scattered the people of Israel, but he will bring them back together. And he will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’

Micah 4:6

The Lord says, “Jerusalem was hurt and crippled. She was thrown away. She was hurt and punished, but I will bring her back to me.

Zechariah 8:7

The Lord All-Powerful says, “Look, I am rescuing my people from countries in the east and west.