逐节对照
- New English Translation - Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,
- 新标点和合本 - 所以，你们当悔改归正，使你们的罪得以涂抹。这样，那安舒的日子就必从主面前来到；
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 所以，你们当悔改归正，使你们的罪得以涂去，
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 所以，你们当悔改归正，使你们的罪得以涂去，
- 当代译本 - 所以你们要悔改，归向上帝，祂将除去你们的罪恶，
- 圣经新译本 - 所以你们应当悔改归正，使你们的罪得着涂抹。
- 中文标准译本 - 所以，你们应当悔改，应当回转，使你们的罪孽被抹去，
- 现代标点和合本 - 所以，你们当悔改归正，使你们的罪得以涂抹，这样那安舒的日子就必从主面前来到，
- 和合本（拼音版） - 所以你们当悔改归正，使你们的罪得以涂抹。这样，那安舒的日子就必从主面前来到，
- New International Version - Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,
- New International Reader's Version - So turn away from your sins. Turn to God. Then your sins will be wiped away. The time will come when the Lord will make everything new.
- English Standard Version - Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,
- New Living Translation - Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away.
- The Message - “Now it’s time to change your ways! Turn to face God so he can wipe away your sins, pour out showers of blessing to refresh you, and send you the Messiah he prepared for you, namely, Jesus. For the time being he must remain out of sight in heaven until everything is restored to order again just the way God, through the preaching of his holy prophets of old, said it would be. Moses, for instance, said, ‘Your God will raise up for you a prophet just like me from your family. Listen to every word he speaks to you. Every last living soul who refuses to listen to that prophet will be wiped out from the people.’
- Christian Standard Bible - Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out,
- New American Standard Bible - Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;
- New King James Version - Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
- Amplified Bible - So repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, regret past sins] and return [to God—seek His purpose for your life], so that your sins may be wiped away [blotted out, completely erased], so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord [restoring you like a cool wind on a hot day];
- American Standard Version - Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;
- King James Version - Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
- World English Bible - “Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
- 新標點和合本 - 所以，你們當悔改歸正，使你們的罪得以塗抹，
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 所以，你們當悔改歸正，使你們的罪得以塗去，
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 所以，你們當悔改歸正，使你們的罪得以塗去，
- 當代譯本 - 所以你們要悔改，歸向上帝，祂將除去你們的罪惡，
- 聖經新譯本 - 所以你們應當悔改歸正，使你們的罪得著塗抹。
- 呂振中譯本 - 所以你們要悔改、回轉過來，使你們的罪得擦掉，使舒爽之時期從主面前來到，
- 中文標準譯本 - 所以，你們應當悔改，應當回轉，使你們的罪孽被抹去，
- 現代標點和合本 - 所以，你們當悔改歸正，使你們的罪得以塗抹，這樣那安舒的日子就必從主面前來到，
- 文理和合譯本 - 故爾當改悔而轉移、令罪塗抹、俾安舒之日自主而來、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 汝宜悔改反正、俾罪得抹、則主賜爾安舒之日至、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 故爾當悔改反正、使爾罪得抹、
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 是以爾當悔悟、棄邪歸正用消宿罪庶幾和平安樂之日、萬物同春之時、當可自主而臨；
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Por tanto, para que sean borrados sus pecados, arrepiéntanse y vuélvanse a Dios, a fin de que vengan tiempos de descanso de parte del Señor,
- 현대인의 성경 - 그러므로 여러분은 회개하고 하나님께 돌아오십시오. 그러면 여러분의 죄가 씻음을 받고 주님 앞에서 새로워지는 때가 올 것입니다.
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- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Maintenant donc, changez et tournez-vous vers Dieu pour qu’il efface vos péchés.
- リビングバイブル - ですから、すっかり心を入れ替えて、神に立ち返りなさい。そうすれば、神様は罪をきよめてくださいます。
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- Nova Versão Internacional - Arrependam-se, pois, e voltem-se para Deus, para que os seus pecados sejam cancelados,
- Hoffnung für alle - Jetzt aber kehrt um und wendet euch Gott zu, damit er euch die Sünden vergibt.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vậy, anh chị em hãy ăn năn trở về với Đức Chúa Trời để tội lỗi được tẩy sạch.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ฉะนั้นจงกลับใจใหม่และหันมาหาพระเจ้าเพื่อบาปทั้งหลายของท่านจะถูกลบล้างไป และวาระแห่งการฟื้นใจจะมาจากองค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้า
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交叉引用
- 2 Timothy 2:25 - correcting opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth
- Revelation 21:4 - He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more – or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the former things have ceased to exist.”
- Acts 17:26 - From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,
- Isaiah 51:11 - Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.
- Jeremiah 31:22 - How long will you vacillate, you who were once like an unfaithful daughter? For I, the Lord, promise to bring about something new on the earth, something as unique as a woman protecting a man!’”
- Jeremiah 31:23 - The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, “I will restore the people of Judah to their land and to their towns. When I do, they will again say of Jerusalem, ‘May the Lord bless you, you holy mountain, the place where righteousness dwells.’
- Jeremiah 31:24 - The land of Judah will be inhabited by people who live in its towns as well as by farmers and shepherds with their flocks.
- Jeremiah 31:25 - I will fully satisfy the needs of those who are weary and fully refresh the souls of those who are faint.
- Jeremiah 31:26 - Then they will say, ‘Under these conditions I can enjoy sweet sleep when I wake up and look around.’”
- Acts 11:18 - When they heard this, they ceased their objections and praised God, saying, “So then, God has granted the repentance that leads to life even to the Gentiles.”
- Acts 15:3 - So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they were relating at length the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
- Isaiah 66:10 - Be happy for Jerusalem and rejoice with her, all you who love her! Share in her great joy, all you who have mourned over her!
- Isaiah 66:11 - For you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts.
- Isaiah 66:12 - For this is what the Lord says: “Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river, the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. You will nurse from her breast and be carried at her side; you will play on her knees.
- Isaiah 66:13 - As a mother consoles a child, so I will console you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”
- Isaiah 66:14 - When you see this, you will be happy, and you will be revived. The Lord will reveal his power to his servants and his anger to his enemies.
- Isaiah 60:1 - “Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the Lord shines on you!
- Isaiah 60:2 - For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the Lord shines on you; his splendor appears over you.
- Isaiah 60:3 - Nations come to your light, kings to your bright light.
- Isaiah 60:4 - Look all around you! They all gather and come to you – your sons come from far away and your daughters are escorted by guardians.
- Isaiah 60:5 - Then you will look and smile, you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride. For the riches of distant lands will belong to you and the wealth of nations will come to you.
- Isaiah 60:6 - Camel caravans will cover your roads, young camels from Midian and Ephah. All the merchants of Sheba will come, bringing gold and incense and singing praises to the Lord.
- Isaiah 60:7 - All the sheep of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will be available to you as sacrifices. They will go up on my altar acceptably, and I will bestow honor on my majestic temple.
- Isaiah 60:8 - Who are these who float along like a cloud, who fly like doves to their shelters?
- Isaiah 60:9 - Indeed, the coastlands look eagerly for me, the large ships are in the lead, bringing your sons from far away, along with their silver and gold, to honor the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has bestowed honor on you.
- Isaiah 60:10 - Foreigners will rebuild your walls; their kings will serve you. Even though I struck you down in my anger, I will restore my favor and have compassion on you.
- Isaiah 60:11 - Your gates will remain open at all times; they will not be shut during the day or at night, so that the wealth of nations may be delivered, with their kings leading the way.
- Isaiah 60:12 - Indeed, nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish; such nations will be totally destroyed.
- Isaiah 60:13 - The splendor of Lebanon will come to you, its evergreens, firs, and cypresses together, to beautify my palace; I will bestow honor on my throne room.
- Isaiah 60:14 - The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you; all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet. They will call you, ‘The City of the Lord, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’
- Isaiah 60:15 - You were once abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, but I will make you a permanent source of pride and joy to coming generations.
- Isaiah 60:16 - You will drink the milk of nations; you will nurse at the breasts of kings. Then you will recognize that I, the Lord, am your deliverer, your protector, the powerful ruler of Jacob.
- Isaiah 60:17 - Instead of bronze, I will bring you gold, instead of iron, I will bring you silver, instead of wood, I will bring you bronze, instead of stones, I will bring you iron. I will make prosperity your overseer, and vindication your sovereign ruler.
- Isaiah 60:18 - Sounds of violence will no longer be heard in your land, or the sounds of destruction and devastation within your borders. You will name your walls, ‘Deliverance,’ and your gates, ‘Praise.’
- Isaiah 60:19 - The sun will no longer supply light for you by day, nor will the moon’s brightness shine on you; the Lord will be your permanent source of light – the splendor of your God will shine upon you.
- Isaiah 60:20 - Your sun will no longer set; your moon will not disappear; the Lord will be your permanent source of light; your time of sorrow will be over.
- Isaiah 60:21 - All of your people will be godly; they will possess the land permanently. I will plant them like a shoot; they will be the product of my labor, through whom I reveal my splendor.
- Isaiah 60:22 - The least of you will multiply into a thousand; the smallest of you will become a large nation. When the right time comes, I the Lord will quickly do this!”
- Isaiah 61:3 - to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the Lord to reveal his splendor.
- Hosea 14:2 - Return to the Lord and repent! Say to him: “Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls.
- Jeremiah 31:33 - “But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land,” says the Lord. “I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.
- Jeremiah 31:34 - “People will no longer need to teach their neighbors and relatives to know me. For all of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,” says the Lord. “For I will forgive their sin and will no longer call to mind the wrong they have done.”
- Isaiah 49:10 - They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun’s oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water.
- Isaiah 49:11 - I will make all my mountains into a road; I will construct my roadways.”
- Isaiah 49:12 - Look, they come from far away! Look, some come from the north and west, and others from the land of Sinim!
- Isaiah 49:13 - Shout for joy, O sky! Rejoice, O earth! Let the mountains give a joyful shout! For the Lord consoles his people and shows compassion to the oppressed.
- Isaiah 49:14 - “Zion said, ‘The Lord has abandoned me, the sovereign master has forgotten me.’
- Isaiah 49:15 - Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!
- Isaiah 49:16 - Look, I have inscribed your name on my palms; your walls are constantly before me.
- Isaiah 49:17 - Your children hurry back, while those who destroyed and devastated you depart.
- Isaiah 49:18 - Look all around you! All of them gather to you. As surely as I live,” says the Lord, “you will certainly wear all of them like jewelry; you will put them on as if you were a bride.
- Isaiah 49:19 - Yes, your land lies in ruins; it is desolate and devastated. But now you will be too small to hold your residents, and those who devoured you will be far away.
- Isaiah 49:20 - Yet the children born during your time of bereavement will say within your hearing, ‘This place is too cramped for us, make room for us so we can live here.’
- Isaiah 49:21 - Then you will think to yourself, ‘Who bore these children for me? I was bereaved and barren, dismissed and divorced. Who raised these children? Look, I was left all alone; where did these children come from?’”
- Isaiah 49:22 - This is what the sovereign Lord says: “Look I will raise my hand to the nations; I will raise my signal flag to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
- Psalms 51:1 - Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts!
- Psalms 51:2 - Wash away my wrongdoing! Cleanse me of my sin!
- Psalms 51:3 - For I am aware of my rebellious acts; I am forever conscious of my sin.
- Isaiah 54:1 - “Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth! Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.
- Isaiah 54:2 - Make your tent larger, stretch your tent curtains farther out! Spare no effort, lengthen your ropes, and pound your stakes deep.
- Isaiah 54:3 - For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your children will conquer nations and will resettle desolate cities.
- Isaiah 54:4 - Don’t be afraid, for you will not be put to shame! Don’t be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated! You will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth; you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment.
- Isaiah 54:5 - For your husband is the one who made you – the Lord who commands armies is his name. He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel. He is called “God of the entire earth.”
- Isaiah 54:6 - “Indeed, the Lord will call you back like a wife who has been abandoned and suffers from depression, like a young wife when she has been rejected,” says your God.
- Isaiah 54:7 - “For a short time I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you.
- Isaiah 54:8 - In a burst of anger I rejected you momentarily, but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,” says your protector, the Lord.
- Isaiah 54:9 - “As far as I am concerned, this is like in Noah’s time, when I vowed that the waters of Noah’s flood would never again cover the earth. In the same way I have vowed that I will not be angry at you or shout at you.
- Isaiah 54:10 - Even if the mountains are removed and the hills displaced, my devotion will not be removed from you, nor will my covenant of friendship be displaced,” says the Lord, the one who has compassion on you.
- Isaiah 54:11 - “O afflicted one, driven away, and unconsoled! Look, I am about to set your stones in antimony and I lay your foundation with lapis-lazuli.
- Isaiah 54:12 - I will make your pinnacles out of gems, your gates out of beryl, and your outer wall out of beautiful stones.
- Isaiah 54:13 - All your children will be followers of the Lord, and your children will enjoy great prosperity.
- Isaiah 54:14 - You will be reestablished when I vindicate you. You will not experience oppression; indeed, you will not be afraid. You will not be terrified, for nothing frightening will come near you.
- Ezekiel 37:21 - Then tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from round about and bring them to their land.
- Ezekiel 37:22 - I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over them all. They will never again be two nations and never again be divided into two kingdoms.
- Ezekiel 37:23 - They will not defile themselves with their idols, their detestable things, and all their rebellious deeds. I will save them from all their unfaithfulness by which they sinned. I will purify them; they will become my people and I will become their God.
- Ezekiel 37:24 - “‘My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my regulations and carefully observe my statutes.
- Ezekiel 37:25 - They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived; they will live in it – they and their children and their grandchildren forever. David my servant will be prince over them forever.
- Ezekiel 37:26 - I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be a perpetual covenant with them. I will establish them, increase their numbers, and place my sanctuary among them forever.
- Ezekiel 37:27 - My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.
- Ezekiel 37:28 - Then, when my sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the Lord, sanctify Israel.’”
- Psalms 103:12 - As far as the eastern horizon is from the west, so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions from us.
- Jeremiah 33:15 - In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant of David. “‘He will do what is just and right in the land.
- Jeremiah 33:16 - Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety and Jerusalem will live in security. At that time Jerusalem will be called “The Lord has provided us with justice.”
- Jeremiah 33:17 - For I, the Lord, promise: “David will never lack a successor to occupy the throne over the nation of Israel.
- Jeremiah 33:18 - Nor will the Levitical priests ever lack someone to stand before me and continually offer up burnt offerings, sacrifice cereal offerings, and offer the other sacrifices.”’”
- Jeremiah 33:19 - The Lord spoke further to Jeremiah.
- Jeremiah 33:20 - “I, Lord, make the following promise: ‘I have made a covenant with the day and with the night that they will always come at their proper times. Only if you people could break that covenant
- Jeremiah 33:21 - could my covenant with my servant David and my covenant with the Levites ever be broken. So David will by all means always have a descendant to occupy his throne as king and the Levites will by all means always have priests who will minister before me.
- Jeremiah 33:22 - I will make the children who follow one another in the line of my servant David very numerous. I will also make the Levites who minister before me very numerous. I will make them all as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sands which are on the seashore.’”
- Jeremiah 33:23 - The Lord spoke still further to Jeremiah.
- Jeremiah 33:24 - “You have surely noticed what these people are saying, haven’t you? They are saying, ‘The Lord has rejected the two families of Israel and Judah that he chose.’ So they have little regard that my people will ever again be a nation.
- Jeremiah 33:25 - But I, the Lord, make the following promise: I have made a covenant governing the coming of day and night. I have established the fixed laws governing heaven and earth.
- Jeremiah 33:26 - Just as surely as I have done this, so surely will I never reject the descendants of Jacob. Nor will I ever refuse to choose one of my servant David’s descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Indeed, I will restore them and show mercy to them.”
- 2 Peter 3:8 - Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day.
- Zephaniah 3:14 - Shout for joy, Daughter Zion! Shout out, Israel! Be happy and boast with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem!
- Zephaniah 3:15 - The Lord has removed the judgment against you; he has turned back your enemy. Israel’s king, the Lord, is in your midst! You no longer need to fear disaster.
- Zephaniah 3:16 - On that day they will say to Jerusalem, “Don’t be afraid, Zion! Your hands must not be paralyzed from panic!
- Zephaniah 3:17 - The Lord your God is in your midst; he is a warrior who can deliver. He takes great delight in you; he renews you by his love; he shouts for joy over you.”
- Zephaniah 3:18 - “As for those who grieve because they cannot attend the festivals – I took them away from you; they became tribute and were a source of shame to you.
- Zephaniah 3:19 - Look, at that time I will deal with those who mistreated you. I will rescue the lame sheep and gather together the scattered sheep. I will take away their humiliation and make the whole earth admire and respect them.
- Zephaniah 3:20 - At that time I will lead you – at the time I gather you together. Be sure of this! I will make all the nations of the earth respect and admire you when you see me restore you,” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 31:18 - I have indeed heard the people of Israel say mournfully, ‘We were like a calf untrained to the yoke. You disciplined us and we learned from it. Let us come back to you and we will do so, for you are the Lord our God.
- Jeremiah 31:19 - For after we turned away from you we repented. After we came to our senses we beat our breasts in sorrow. We are ashamed and humiliated because of the disgraceful things we did previously.’
- Jeremiah 31:20 - Indeed, the people of Israel are my dear children. They are the children I take delight in. For even though I must often rebuke them, I still remember them with fondness. So I am deeply moved with pity for them and will surely have compassion on them. I, the Lord, affirm it!
- Joel 3:16 - The Lord roars from Zion; from Jerusalem his voice bellows out. The heavens and the earth shake. But the Lord is a refuge for his people; he is a stronghold for the citizens of Israel.
- Joel 3:17 - You will be convinced that I the Lord am your God, dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy – conquering armies will no longer pass through it.
- Joel 3:18 - On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the dry stream beds of Judah will flow with water. A spring will flow out from the temple of the Lord, watering the Valley of Acacia Trees.
- Joel 3:19 - Egypt will be desolate and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, because of the violence they did to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
- Joel 3:20 - But Judah will reside securely forever, and Jerusalem will be secure from one generation to the next.
- Joel 3:21 - I will avenge their blood which I had not previously acquitted. It is the Lord who dwells in Zion!
- Amos 9:13 - “Be sure of this, the time is coming,” says the Lord, “when the plowman will catch up to the reaper and the one who stomps the grapes will overtake the planter. Juice will run down the slopes, it will flow down all the hillsides.
- Amos 9:14 - I will bring back my people, Israel; they will rebuild the cities lying in rubble and settle down. They will plant vineyards and drink the wine they produce; they will grow orchards and eat the fruit they produce.
- Amos 9:15 - I will plant them on their land and they will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them,” says the Lord your God.
- Isaiah 2:1 - Here is the message about Judah and Jerusalem that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz.
- Isaiah 2:2 - In the future the mountain of the Lord’s temple will endure as the most important of mountains, and will be the most prominent of hills. All the nations will stream to it,
- Isaiah 2:3 - many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards.” For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem.
- Acts 3:21 - This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.
- Micah 7:14 - Shepherd your people with your shepherd’s rod, the flock that belongs to you, the one that lives alone in a thicket, in the midst of a pastureland. Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead, as they did in the old days.
- Micah 7:15 - “As in the days when you departed from the land of Egypt, I will show you miraculous deeds.”
- Ezekiel 39:25 - “Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob, and I will have mercy on the entire house of Israel. I will be zealous for my holy name.
- Ezekiel 39:26 - They will bear their shame for all their unfaithful acts against me, when they live securely on their land with no one to make them afraid.
- Ezekiel 39:27 - When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will magnify myself among them in the sight of many nations.
- Ezekiel 39:28 - Then they will know that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations, and then gathered them into their own land. I will not leave any of them in exile any longer.
- Ezekiel 39:29 - I will no longer hide my face from them, when I pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord.”
- Zechariah 8:20 - The Lord who rules over all says, ‘It will someday come to pass that people – residents of many cities – will come.
- Zechariah 8:21 - The inhabitants of one will go to another and say, “Let’s go up at once to ask the favor of the Lord, to seek the Lord who rules over all. Indeed, I’ll go with you.”’
- Zechariah 8:22 - Many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord who rules over all and to ask his favor.
- Zechariah 8:23 - The Lord who rules over all says, ‘In those days ten people from all languages and nations will grasp hold of – indeed, grab – the robe of one Jew and say, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”’”
- Jeremiah 50:20 - When that time comes, no guilt will be found in Israel. No sin will be found in Judah. For I will forgive those of them I have allowed to survive. I, the Lord, affirm it!’”
- Isaiah 66:18 - “I hate their deeds and thoughts! So I am coming to gather all the nations and ethnic groups; they will come and witness my splendor.
- Isaiah 66:19 - I will perform a mighty act among them and then send some of those who remain to the nations – to Tarshish, Pul, Lud (known for its archers ), Tubal, Javan, and to the distant coastlands that have not heard about me or seen my splendor. They will tell the nations of my splendor.
- Isaiah 66:20 - They will bring back all your countrymen from all the nations as an offering to the Lord. They will bring them on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels to my holy hill Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the Israelites bring offerings to the Lord’s temple in ritually pure containers.
- Isaiah 66:21 - And I will choose some of them as priests and Levites,” says the Lord.
- Isaiah 66:22 - “For just as the new heavens and the new earth I am about to make will remain standing before me,” says the Lord, “so your descendants and your name will remain.
- Hosea 2:19 - I will commit myself to you forever; I will commit myself to you in righteousness and justice, in steadfast love and tender compassion.
- Hosea 2:20 - I will commit myself to you in faithfulness; then you will acknowledge the Lord.”
- Hosea 2:21 - “At that time, I will willingly respond,” declares the Lord. “I will respond to the sky, and the sky will respond to the ground;
- Hosea 2:22 - then the ground will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and they will respond to ‘God Plants’ (Jezreel)!
- Hosea 2:23 - Then I will plant her as my own in the land. I will have pity on ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah). I will say to ‘Not My People’ (Lo-Ammi), ‘You are my people!’ And he will say, ‘You are my God!’”
- Isaiah 52:1 - Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful clothes, O Jerusalem, holy city! For uncircumcised and unclean pagans will no longer invade you.
- Isaiah 52:2 - Shake off the dirt! Get up, captive Jerusalem! Take off the iron chains around your neck, O captive daughter Zion!
- Isaiah 52:3 - For this is what the Lord says: “You were sold for nothing, and you will not be redeemed for money.”
- Isaiah 52:4 - For this is what the sovereign Lord says: “In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt; Assyria oppressed them for no good reason.
- Isaiah 52:5 - And now, what do we have here?” says the Lord. “Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt,” says the Lord, “and my name is constantly slandered all day long.
- Isaiah 52:6 - For this reason my people will know my name, for this reason they will know at that time that I am the one who says, ‘Here I am.’”
- Isaiah 52:7 - How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains the feet of a messenger who announces peace, a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
- Isaiah 52:8 - Listen, your watchmen shout; in unison they shout for joy, for they see with their very own eyes the Lord’s return to Zion.
- Isaiah 52:9 - In unison give a joyful shout, O ruins of Jerusalem! For the Lord consoles his people; he protects Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 52:10 - The Lord reveals his royal power in the sight of all the nations; the entire earth sees our God deliver.
- Lamentations 3:40 - Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 4:29 - But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.
- Deuteronomy 4:30 - In your distress when all these things happen to you in the latter days, if you return to the Lord your God and obey him
- Deuteronomy 4:31 - (for he is a merciful God), he will not let you down or destroy you, for he cannot forget the covenant with your ancestors that he confirmed by oath to them.
- 1 Peter 2:25 - For you were going astray like sheep but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.
- Psalms 72:6 - He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth.
- Psalms 72:7 - During his days the godly will flourish; peace will prevail as long as the moon remains in the sky.
- Psalms 72:8 - May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth!
- Psalms 72:9 - Before him the coastlands will bow down, and his enemies will lick the dust.
- Psalms 72:10 - The kings of Tarshish and the coastlands will offer gifts; the kings of Sheba and Seba will bring tribute.
- Psalms 72:11 - All kings will bow down to him; all nations will serve him.
- Psalms 72:12 - For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.
- Psalms 72:13 - He will take pity on the poor and needy; the lives of the needy he will save.
- Psalms 72:14 - From harm and violence he will defend them; he will value their lives.
- Psalms 72:15 - May he live! May they offer him gold from Sheba! May they continually pray for him! May they pronounce blessings on him all day long!
- Psalms 72:16 - May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth!
- Psalms 72:17 - May his fame endure! May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky! May they use his name when they formulate their blessings! May all nations consider him to be favored by God!
- Psalms 72:18 - The Lord God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! He alone accomplishes amazing things!
- Psalms 72:19 - His glorious name deserves praise forevermore! May his majestic splendor fill the whole earth! We agree! We agree!
- Joel 2:13 - Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love – often relenting from calamitous punishment.
- Isaiah 55:6 - Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!
- Isaiah 55:7 - The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
- Ezekiel 34:23 - I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them – namely, my servant David. He will feed them and will be their shepherd.
- Ezekiel 34:24 - I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken!
- Ezekiel 34:25 - “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods.
- Ezekiel 34:26 - I will turn them and the regions around my hill into a blessing. I will make showers come down in their season; they will be showers that bring blessing.
- Ezekiel 34:27 - The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the earth will yield its crops. They will live securely on their land; they will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hand of those who enslaved them.
- Ezekiel 34:28 - They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts will not devour them. They will live securely and no one will make them afraid.
- Ezekiel 34:29 - I will prepare for them a healthy planting. They will no longer be victims of famine in the land and will no longer bear the insults of the nations.
- Ezekiel 34:30 - Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they are my people, the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord.
- Ezekiel 34:31 - And you, my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are my people, and I am your God, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
- 1 Kings 8:48 - When they return to you with all their heart and being in the land where they are held prisoner, and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor,
- 1 Kings 8:49 - then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help and vindicate them.
- 1 Kings 8:50 - Forgive all the rebellious acts of your sinful people and cause their captors to have mercy on them.
- Lamentations 5:21 - Bring us back to yourself, O Lord, so that we may return to you; renew our life as in days before,
- 2 Thessalonians 1:10 - when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired on that day among all who have believed – and you did in fact believe our testimony.
- Psalms 32:1 - How blessed is the one whose rebellious acts are forgiven, whose sin is pardoned!
- Psalms 32:2 - How blessed is the one whose wrongdoing the Lord does not punish, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
- Psalms 32:3 - When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.
- Psalms 32:4 - For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer. (Selah)
- Psalms 32:5 - Then I confessed my sin; I no longer covered up my wrongdoing. I said, “I will confess my rebellious acts to the Lord.” And then you forgave my sins. (Selah)
- Isaiah 65:17 - For look, I am ready to create new heavens and a new earth! The former ones will not be remembered; no one will think about them anymore.
- Isaiah 65:18 - But be happy and rejoice forevermore over what I am about to create! For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem to be a source of joy, and her people to be a source of happiness.
- Isaiah 65:19 - Jerusalem will bring me joy, and my people will bring me happiness. The sound of weeping or cries of sorrow will never be heard in her again.
- Isaiah 65:20 - Never again will one of her infants live just a few days or an old man die before his time. Indeed, no one will die before the age of a hundred, anyone who fails to reach the age of a hundred will be considered cursed.
- Isaiah 65:21 - They will build houses and live in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- Isaiah 65:22 - No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, for my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced.
- Isaiah 65:23 - They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the Lord will bless their children and their descendants.
- Isaiah 65:24 - Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear.
- Isaiah 65:25 - A wolf and a lamb will graze together; a lion, like an ox, will eat straw, and a snake’s food will be dirt. They will no longer injure or destroy on my entire royal mountain,” says the Lord.
- Daniel 9:13 - Just as it is written in the law of Moses, so all this calamity has come on us. Still we have not tried to pacify the LORD our God by turning back from our sin and by seeking wisdom from your reliable moral standards.
- Romans 11:25 - For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
- Ezekiel 18:30 - “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity.
- Ezekiel 18:31 - Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel?
- Ezekiel 18:32 - For I take no delight in the death of anyone, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and live!
- Psalms 51:13 - Then I will teach rebels your merciful ways, and sinners will turn to you.
- Psalms 98:1 - Sing to the Lord a new song, for he performs amazing deeds! His right hand and his mighty arm accomplish deliverance.
- Psalms 98:2 - The Lord demonstrates his power to deliver; in the sight of the nations he reveals his justice.
- Psalms 98:3 - He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel. All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us.
- Psalms 98:4 - Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth! Break out in a joyful shout and sing!
- Psalms 98:5 - Sing to the Lord accompanied by a harp, accompanied by a harp and the sound of music!
- Psalms 98:6 - With trumpets and the blaring of the ram’s horn, shout out praises before the king, the Lord!
- Psalms 98:7 - Let the sea and everything in it shout, along with the world and those who live in it!
- Psalms 98:8 - Let the rivers clap their hands! Let the mountains sing in unison
- Psalms 98:9 - before the Lord! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in a just manner.
- Jeremiah 32:37 - ‘I will certainly regather my people from all the countries where I will have exiled them in my anger, fury, and great wrath. I will bring them back to this place and allow them to live here in safety.
- Jeremiah 32:38 - They will be my people, and I will be their God.
- Jeremiah 32:39 - I will give them a single-minded purpose to live in a way that always shows respect for me. They will want to do that for their own good and the good of the children who descend from them.
- Jeremiah 32:40 - I will make a lasting covenant with them that I will never stop doing good to them. I will fill their hearts and minds with respect for me so that they will never again turn away from me.
- Jeremiah 32:41 - I will take delight in doing good to them. I will faithfully and wholeheartedly plant them firmly in the land.’
- Isaiah 6:10 - Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”
- Micah 7:18 - There is no other God like you! You forgive sin and pardon the rebellion of those who remain among your people. You do not remain angry forever, but delight in showing loyal love.
- Micah 7:19 - You will once again have mercy on us; you will conquer our evil deeds; you will hurl our sins into the depths of the sea.
- James 5:19 - My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
- James 5:20 - he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path will save that person’s soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
- Acts 1:6 - So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, “Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”
- Acts 28:27 - For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.”’
- 2 Thessalonians 1:7 - and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.
- James 4:7 - So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.
- James 4:8 - Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.
- James 4:9 - Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair.
- James 4:10 - Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.
- Acts 26:18 - to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
- Acts 26:19 - “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
- Acts 26:20 - but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.
- Acts 11:21 - The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.
- Luke 1:16 - He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.
- Matthew 13:15 - For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’
- Isaiah 1:16 - Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!
- Isaiah 1:17 - Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend the rights of the widow!
- Isaiah 1:18 - Come, let’s consider your options,” says the Lord. “Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.
- Isaiah 1:19 - If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops of the land.
- Isaiah 1:20 - But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” Know for certain that the Lord has spoken.
- Psalms 51:9 - Hide your face from my sins! Wipe away all my guilt!
- Matthew 18:3 - and said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!
- Isaiah 43:25 - I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake; your sins I do not remember.
- Isaiah 44:22 - I remove the guilt of your rebellious deeds as if they were a cloud, the guilt of your sins as if they were a cloud. Come back to me, for I protect you.”
- Acts 2:38 - Peter said to them, “Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.