Isaiah 61:4

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

They shall build up the ancient ruins, they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations.

Cross References

Ezra 9:9

For we are bondmen; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended to us his steadfast love before the kings of Persia, to grant us some reviving to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us protection in Judea and Jerusalem.

Psalm 46:8

Come, behold the works of the Lord, how he has wrought desolations in the earth.

Psalm 74:3

Direct thy steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!

Isaiah 52:9

Break forth together into singing, you waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.

Isaiah 58:12

And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in.

Micah 7:11

A day for the building of your walls! In that day the boundary shall be far extended.

Zechariah 1:17

Cry again, Thus says the Lord of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem.’ ”