Devarim
(Deuteronomy) 30:1-6 When all these blessings and
curses I have set before you come upon you and you take them to heart wherever HaShem your God disperses you among the nations, And
when you and your children return to HaShem your God and obey him with all your
heart and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, Then HaShem
your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you and gather
you again from all the nations where he scattered you. Even if you have been
banished to the most distant land under the heavens,
from there HaShem your God will gather you and bring you back. He will
bring you to the land that belonged to your fathers,
and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and
numerous than your fathers. HaShem your God will circumcise your hearts and the
hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and
with all your soul, and live.
Ezra-Nechemiah
1:5-11 Then I said: "HaShem, God
of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those
who love him and obey his commands, Let your ear be
attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your
servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of
Israel. I confess the sins we Israelites, including
myself and my father's house, have committed against you. We have acted very wickedly toward you. We have not obeyed the commands,
decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses. "Remember
the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful, I
will scatter you among the nations, But if you return to me and obey my
commands, then even if your exiled people are at the
farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the
place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name.' "They are your servants and your people, whom
you redeemed by your great strength and your mighty hand. O Lord, let your ear
be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your
servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by
granting him favor in the presence of this man." I was cupbearer to the
king.
Tehillim
(Psalms) 106:40-48 Therefore HaShem was angry with
his people and abhorred his inheritance. He handed
them over to the nations, and their foes ruled over them. Their enemies
oppressed them and subjected them to their power. Many times
he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in
their sin. But he took note of their distress when he heard their cry; For
their sake he remembered his covenant and out of
his great love he relented. He caused them to be pitied by all who held them
captive. Save us, HaShem our God, and gather us from the nations, that
we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise. Praise be to HaShem,
the God of
Yeshayah
(Isaiah) 11:1-16 A shoot will come up from the
stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of HaShem
will rest on him--the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of
counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of
the fear of HaShem-- And he will delight in the fear of HaShem. He will not
judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; But
with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions
for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked. Righteousness
will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist. The wolf will live
with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion
and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. The cow will feed
with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw
like the ox. The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young
child put his hand into the viper's nest. They will neither harm nor destroy on
all my holy mountain, for the earth will be full of
the knowledge of HaShem
as the waters cover the sea. In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a
banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest
will be glorious. In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to
reclaim the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt,
from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from
the islands of the sea. He will raise a banner for the nations and gather
the exiles of
Yeshayah
(Isaiah) 43:1-8 But now, this is what HaShem
says--he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you,
O
Yeshayah
(Isaiah) 49:1-6 Listen to me, you islands; hear
this, you distant nations: Before I was born HaShem called me; from my birth he
has made mention of my name. He made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the
shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me into a polished arrow and concealed me
in his quiver. He said to me, "You are my servant,
Yeshayah
(Isaiah) 56:4-8 For this is what HaShem says:
"To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who
choose what pleases me and hold fast to my covenant-- To them I will give
within my temple and its walls a memorial and a name
better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that will
not be cut off. And foreigners who bind themselves to HaShem to serve him, to
love the name of HaShem, and to worship him, all who keep the Sabbath without
desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant-- These
I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their
burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on
my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer
for all nations." The Sovereign HaShem declares--he who gathers the
exiles of
Yirimiyah
(Jeremiah) 3:14-18 "Return, faithless
people," declares HaShem, "for I am your husband. I will choose
you--one from a town and two from a clan--and bring you
to
Yirimiyah
(Jeremiah) 22:28 - 23:8 Is this man Jehoiachin a
despised, broken pot, an object no one wants? Why will he and his children be
hurled out, cast into a land they do not know? O land, land, land, hear the
word of HaShem! This is what HaShem says: "Record this man as if childless,
a man who will not prosper in his lifetime, for none of his offspring will
prosper, none will sit on the throne of David or rule anymore in
Yirimiyah
(Jeremiah) 29:10-14 This is what HaShem says:
"When seventy years are completed for
Yirimiyah
(Jeremiah) 31:1-14 "At that time,"
declares HaShem, "I will be the God of all the clans of
Yirimiyah
(Jeremiah) 32:36-41 "You are saying about this
city, 'By the sword, famine and plague it will be
handed over to the king of Babylon'; but this is what HaShem, the God of
Israel, says: I will surely gather them from all the lands where I
banish them in my furious anger and great wrath; I will bring them back to this
place and let them live in safety. They will be my people, and I will be their
God. I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always
fear me for their own good and the good of their children after them. I will
make an everlasting covenant with them: I will
never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they
will never turn away from me. I will rejoice in doing them good and will
assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart and soul.
Yechezkel
(Ezekiel) 11:13-20 Now as I was prophesying,
Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud
voice, "Ah, Sovereign HaShem! Will you completely destroy the remnant of
Israel?" The word of HaShem came to me: "Son of man, your
brothers--your brothers who are your blood relatives and the whole house of Israel--are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, 'They are far away from HaShem; this
land was given to us as our possession.' "Therefore say: 'This is what the
Sovereign HaShem says: Although I sent them far away among the nations and
scattered them among the countries, yet for a little
while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.'
"Therefore say: 'This is what the Sovereign HaShem says: I will gather
you from the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been
scattered, and I will give you back the land of Israel
again.' "They will return to it and remove all its vile images and
detestable idols. I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in
them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of
flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
Yechezkel
(Ezekiel) 20:30-44 "Therefore say to the house
of Israel: 'This is what the Sovereign HaShem says: Will you defile yourselves
the way your fathers did and lust after their vile images? When you offer your
gifts--the sacrifice of your sons in the fire--you continue to defile
yourselves with all your idols to this day. Am I to let you inquire of me, O house
of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign HaShem, I will not let
you inquire of me. "'You say, "We want to be like the nations, like
the peoples of the world, who serve wood and stone." But what you have in
mind will never happen. As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign HaShem, I
will rule over you with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with
outpoured wrath. I will bring you from the nations and gather you from
the countries where you have been scattered--with a mighty hand and an
outstretched arm and with outpoured wrath. I will bring you into the desert of
the nations and there, face to face, I will execute judgment upon you. As I
judged your fathers in the desert of the land of
Egypt, so I will judge you, declares the Sovereign HaShem. I will take note of
you as you pass under my rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant. I will purge you of those who revolt and
rebel against me. Although I will bring them out of the land where they are
living, yet they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I
am HaShem. "'As for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Sovereign HaShem
says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you! But afterward you will surely
listen to me and no longer profane my holy name with your gifts and idols. For
on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel,
declares the Sovereign HaShem, there in the land the
entire house of Israel will serve me, and there I will accept them. There I
will require your offerings and your choice gifts, along with all your holy
sacrifices. I will accept you as fragrant incense
when I bring you out from the nations and gather you from the countries
where you have been scattered, and I will show myself holy among you in the
sight of the nations. Then you will know that I am HaShem, when I bring you
into the land of Israel, the land I had sworn with uplifted hand to give to
your fathers. There you will remember your conduct
and all the actions by which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe
yourselves for all the evil you have done. You will know that I am HaShem, when
I deal with you for my name's sake and not according to your evil ways and your
corrupt practices, O house of Israel, declares the Sovereign HaShem.'"
Micah
2:12 "I will surely gather
all of you, O Jacob; I will surely bring together
the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a
flock in its pasture; the place will throng with people.
Micah
4:6-7 "In that day,"
declares HaShem, "I will gather the lame; I will assemble the exiles and those I have brought to grief. I will make the
lame a remnant, those driven away a strong nation. HaShem will rule over them
in Mount Zion from that day and forever.
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