but [if] you returnto Me and keepMy commandmentsand dothem, thoughthose of you who have been scatteredwere in the mostremotepartof the heavens,I will gatherthem from thereand will bringthem to the placewhereI have chosento cause My nameto dwell.'
if they returnto You with alltheir heartand with alltheir soulin the landof their enemieswhohave takenthem captive,and prayto You towardtheir landwhichYou have givento their fathers,the citywhichYou have chosen,and the housewhichI have builtfor Your name;
The LORDsaidto him, "I have heardyour prayerand your supplication,whichyou have madebeforeMe; I have consecratedthishousewhichyou have builtby puttingMy namethereforever,and My eyesand My heartwill be thereperpetually.
Then say,"Saveus, O Godof our salvation,And gatherus and deliverus from the nations,To givethanksto Your holyname,And gloryin Your praise."
"May the Godwhohas caused His nameto dwellthereoverthrowanykingor peoplewhoattemptsto change[it], so as to destroythishouseof Godin Jerusalem.I, Darius,have issued[this] decree,let [it] be carriedout with alldiligence!"
Saveus, O LORDour God,And gatherus from among the nations,To givethanksto Your holynameAnd gloryin Your praise.
And gatheredfrom the lands,From the eastand from the west,From the northand from the south.
The LORDbuildsup Jerusalem;He gathersthe outcastsof Israel.
And He will liftup a standardfor the nationsAnd assemblethe banishedones of Israel,And will gatherthe dispersedof JudahFrom the fourcornersof the earth.
In that daythe LORDwill start [His] threshingfrom the flowingstreamof the Euphratesto the brookof Egypt,and you will be gatheredup oneby one,O sonsof Israel.
The LordGOD,who gathersthe dispersedof Israel,declares,"Yet[others] I will gatherto them, to those [already] gathered."
"And it will comeabout that afterI have uprootedthem, I will againhavecompassionon them; and I will bringthem back,eachoneto his inheritanceand eachoneto his land.
Return,O faithlesssons,'declaresthe LORD;For I am a masterto you, And I will takeyou onefrom a cityand twofrom a family,And I will bringyou to Zion.'
Hearthe wordof the LORD,O nations,And declarein the coastlandsafaroff,And say,"He who scatteredIsraelwill gatherhim And keephim as a shepherdkeeps his flock."
"Behold,I will gatherthem out of allthe landsto whichI have driventhem in My anger,in My wrathand in greatindignation;and I will bringthem backto thisplaceand make them dwellin safety.
Thussaysthe LORD,"Behold,a peopleis comingfrom the northland,And a greatnationwill be arousedfrom the remotepartsof the earth.
"Thereforesayto the houseof Israel,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Repentand turnawayfrom your idolsand turnyour facesawayfrom allyour abominations.
"For I will takeyou from the nations,gatheryou from allthe landsand bringyou into your own land.
Ifyou walkin My statutesand keepMy commandmentsso as to carrythem out,
"Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,'Behold,I am going to saveMy peoplefrom the landof the eastand from the landof the west;
"And He will send forthHis angelswith A GREATTRUMPETand THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHERHis electfrom the fourwinds,from one endof the skyto the other.
"Ifthe placewhichthe LORDyour Godchoosesto putHis nameis too farfrom you, then you may slaughterof your herdand flockwhichthe LORDhas givenyou, as I have commandedyou; and you may eatwithin your gateswhateveryou desire.
"But you shall seek[the LORD] at the placewhichthe LORDyour Godwill choosefrom allyour tribes,to establishHis nametherefor His dwelling,and thereyou shall come.
"So it shall be whenallof thesethingshave comeupon you, the blessingand the cursewhichI have setbeforeyou, and you call[them] to mindin allnationswherethe LORDyour Godhas banishedyou,
