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Zechariah 2:12
The Lord will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 51:3
For the Lord will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her waste places, and He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.
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Nehemiah 11:20
The rest of Israel, the priests, and the Levites were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inherited property.
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2 Chronicles 6 6
But I have chosen Jerusalem so that My name will be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.”
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Isaiah 14:1
For the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will choose Israel again. He will settle them on their own land. The foreigner will join them and be united with the house of Jacob.
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Isaiah 44:26
who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers; who says to Jerusalem,“ She will be inhabited,” and to the cities of Judah,“ They will be rebuilt,” and I will restore her ruins;
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Ephesians 1:4
For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love
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Isaiah 41:8-9
But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham, My friend—I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said to you: You are My servant; I have chosen you and not rejected you.
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Isaiah 66:13
As a mother comforts her son, so I will comfort you, and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.
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Nehemiah 11:3
These are the heads of the province who stayed in Jerusalem( but in the villages of Judah each lived on his own property in their towns— the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—
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Ezekiel 36:10-11
I will fill you with people, with the whole house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.I will fill you with people and animals, and they will increase and be fruitful. I will make you inhabited as you once were and make you better off than you were before. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
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Romans 11:28-29
Regarding the gospel, they are enemies for your advantage, but regarding election, they are loved because of the patriarchs,since God’s gracious gifts and calling are irrevocable.
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Jeremiah 33:13
The flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them in the cities of the hill country, the cities of the Judean foothills, the cities of the Negev, the land of Benjamin— the cities surrounding Jerusalem and Judah’s cities, says the Lord.
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Isaiah 49:13
Shout for joy, you heavens! Earth, rejoice! Mountains break into joyful shouts! For the Lord has comforted His people, and will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
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Obadiah 1:20
The exiles of the Israelites who are in Halah and who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath as well as the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.
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Psalms 69:35
for God will save Zion and build up the cities of Judah. They will live there and possess it.
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Jeremiah 31:23-24
This is what the Lord of Hosts, 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.’Judah and all its cities will live in it together— also farmers and those who move with the flocks—
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Isaiah 54:8
In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but I will have compassion on you with everlasting love,” says the Lord your Redeemer.
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Ezekiel 36:33
“ This is what the Lord God says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the ruins will be rebuilt.
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Psalms 132:13-14
For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:“ This is My resting place forever; I will make My home here because I have desired it.
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Isaiah 52:9
Be joyful, rejoice together, you ruins of Jerusalem! For the Lord has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
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Jeremiah 32:43-44
Fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying,‘ It’s a desolation without man or beast; it has been handed over to the Chaldeans!’Fields will be purchased with silver, 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.
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Zechariah 3:2
The Lord said to Satan:“ The Lord rebuke you, Satan! May the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn’t this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?”
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Jeremiah 31:13
Then the young woman will rejoice with dancing, while young and old men rejoice together. I will turn their mourning into joy, give them consolation, and bring happiness out of grief.
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Zephaniah 3:15-17
The Lord has removed your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. The King of Israel, Yahweh, is among you; you need no longer fear harm.On that day it will be said to Jerusalem:“ Do not fear; Zion, do not let your hands grow weak.Yahweh your God is among you, a warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with gladness. He will bring you quietness with His love. He will delight in you with shouts of joy.”
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Isaiah 51:12
I— I am the One who comforts you. Who are you that you should fear man who dies, or a son of man who is given up like grass?
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Isaiah 40:1-2
“ Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.“ Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and announce to her that her time of forced labor is over, her iniquity has been pardoned, and she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.”
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Isaiah 61:4-6
They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the former devastations; they will renew the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations.Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.But you will be called the Lord’s priests; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will eat the wealth of the nations, and you will boast in their riches.
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Amos 9:14
I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel. They will rebuild and occupy ruined cities, plant vineyards and drink their wine, make gardens and eat their produce.