Psalm 147:2

New Century Version

The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem; he brings back the captured Israelites.

Cross References

Isaiah 56:8

The Lord God says— he who gathers the Israelites that were forced to leave their country: “I will bring together other people to join those who are already gathered.”

Psalm 51:18

Do whatever good you wish for Jerusalem. Rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Deuteronomy 30:3

Then the Lord your God will give you back your freedom. He will feel sorry for you, and he will bring you back again from the nations where he scattered you.

Ezekiel 38:8

After a long time you will be called for service. After those years you will come into a land that has been rebuilt from war. The people in the land will have been gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which were empty for a long time. These people were brought out from the nations, and they will all be living in safety.

Jeremiah 32:37

I forced the people of Israel and Judah to leave their land, because I was furious and very angry with them. But soon I will gather them from all the lands where I forced them to go, and I will bring them back to this place, where they may live in safety.

Isaiah 62:7

You should not stop praying to him until he builds up Jerusalem and makes it a city all people will praise.

Isaiah 14:32

What shall we tell the messengers from Philistia? Say that the Lord has made Jerusalem strong and that his poor people will go there for safety.

Jeremiah 31:4

People of Israel, I will build you up again, and you will be rebuilt. You will pick up your tambourines again and dance with those who are joyful.

Isaiah 27:13

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

Nehemiah 7:4

The city was large and roomy, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.

Daniel 9:25

“Learn and understand these things. A command will come to rebuild Jerusalem. The time from this command until the appointed leader comes will be forty-nine years and four hundred thirty-four years. Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and a trench filled with water around it, but it will be built in times of trouble.

Matthew 16:18

So I tell you, you are Peter. On this rock I will build my church, and the power of death will not be able to defeat it.

Nehemiah 6:15

The wall of Jerusalem was completed on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul. It took fifty-two days to rebuild.

Nehemiah 6:16

When all our enemies heard about it and all the nations around us saw it, they were shamed. They then understood that the work had been done with the help of our God.

Psalm 102:17

He will answer the prayers of the needy; he will not reject their prayers.

Jeremiah 31:10

“Nations, listen to the message from the Lord. Tell this message in the faraway lands by the sea: ‘The one who scattered the people of Israel will bring them back, and he will watch over his people like a shepherd.’

Micah 4:6

The Lord says, “At that time, I will gather the crippled; I will bring together those who were sent away, those whom I caused to have trouble.

Zechariah 8:7

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “I will save my people from countries in the east and west.