When the seventh month arrived, and the Israelites were in their towns, the people gathered as one in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 30:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised for look, the days are coming’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘when I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel and Judah,’ says the Lord. ‘I will restore them to the land I gave to their ancestors and they will possess it.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For, note well, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will release from captivity My people Israel and Judah, says the Lord, and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it. American Standard Version (1901) For, lo, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith Jehovah; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. Common English Bible The time is coming, declares the LORD, when I will bring back my people Israel and Judah from captivity, says the LORD. I will bring them home to the land that I gave to their ancestors, and they will possess it. Catholic Public Domain Version For behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will convert the turning away of my people, Israel and Judah, says the Lord. And I will return them to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, and I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Juda, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. |
When the seventh month arrived, and the Israelites were in their towns, the people gathered as one in Jerusalem.
But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads, who had seen the first temple, wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple, but many others shouted joyfully.
In the second month of the second year after they arrived at God’s house in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers, including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began to build. They appointed the Levites who were twenty years old or more to supervise the work on the Lord’s house.
but rather, “As the Lord lives who brought the Israelites from the land of the north and from all the other lands where he had banished them.” For I will return them to their land that I gave to their ancestors.
‘Look, the days are coming’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration – ‘when I will raise up a Righteous Branch for David. He will reign wisely as king and administer justice and righteousness in the land.
But as for the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave it in its own land, and that nation will cultivate it and reside in it. This is the Lord’s declaration.’ ” ’
“They will be taken to Babylon and will remain there until I attend to them again.” This is the Lord’s declaration. “Then I will bring them up and restore them to this place.” ’
For this is what the Lord says: ‘When seventy years for Babylon are complete, I will attend to you and will confirm my promise concerning you to restore you to this place.
I will be found by you’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘and I will restore your fortunes , and gather you from all the nations and places where I banished you’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration. ‘I will restore you to the place from which I deported you.’
In those days the house of Judah will join with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land I have given your ancestors to inherit.” ’
As for you, my servant Jacob, do not be afraid – this is the Lord’s declaration – and do not be discouraged, Israel, for without fail I will save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return and have calm and quiet with no one to frighten him.
This is what the Lord says: I will certainly restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and show compassion on his dwellings. Every city will be rebuilt on its mound; every citadel will stand on its proper site.
This is what the Lord says: Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come – this is the Lord’s declaration – and your children will return from the enemy’s land.
This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘When I restore their fortunes, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: “May the Lord bless you, righteous settlement, holy mountain.”
‘Look, the days are coming’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of people and the seed of animals.
‘Look, the days are coming’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
‘Look, the days are coming’ #– #the Lord’s declaration #– #‘when the city from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate will be rebuilt for the Lord.
I will certainly gather them from all the lands where I have banished them in my anger, fury, and intense wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them live in safety.
Fields will be purchased, the transaction written on a scroll and sealed, and witnesses will be called on in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in Judah’s cities #– #the cities of the hill country, the cities of the Judean foothills, and the cities of the Negev #– #because I will restore their fortunes.’ This is the Lord’s declaration.
then I might also reject the descendants of Jacob and of my servant David. That is, I would not take rulers from his descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But in fact, I will restore their fortunes and have compassion on them.’
Jeremiah wrote on one scroll about all the disaster that would come to Babylon; all these words were written against Babylon.
When I lead you into the land of Israel, the land I swore to give your ancestors, you will know that I am the Lord.
I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them to their own soil. I will shepherd them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the land.
‘ “For I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
You will inherit it in equal portions, since I swore to give it to your ancestors. So this land will fall to you as an inheritance.
Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
The coastland will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; they will find pasture there. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the Lord their God will return to them and restore their fortunes.
At that time I will bring you back, yes, at the time I will gather you. I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your fortunes before your eyes. The Lord has spoken.
Then he told the disciples, ‘The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you won’t see it.
For the days will come on you when your enemies will build a barricade round you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.
‘These things that you see #– #the days will come when not one stone will be left on another that will not be thrown down.’
then he will restore your fortunes, , have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you.
The Lord your God will bring you into the land your ancestors possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply you more than he did your ancestors.
But finding fault with his people, he says: See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah –