| Deut. 30:4 | "If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you." |
| Psa. 14:7 | "Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord brings back the captivity of His people, |
| Psa. 105:8-11 | "He has remembered His covenant forever, The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations, The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac, And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant, Saying, 'To you I will give the land of Canaan As the allotment of your inheritance,' " |
| Psa. 147:2-3 | "The Lord builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their *wounds. " (Lit. sorrows) |
| Isa. 10:20-22 | "And it shall come to pass in that day That the remnant of Israel, And such as have escaped of the house of Jacob, Will never again depend on him who *defeated (struck) them, But will depend on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, To the Mighty God. For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, Yet a remnant of them will return..." |
| Isa. 11:12 | "He will set up a banner for the nations, And will *assemble (gather) the outcasts of Israel, And gather together the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth." |
| Isa. 27:12 | "And it shall come to pass in that day That the lord will thresh, From the channel of *the River (the Euphrates) to the Brook of Egypt; And you will be gathered one by one, O you children of Israel." |
| Isa. 43:5-7 | "Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, And gather you from the west, I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' And to the south, 'Do not keep them back!' Bring My sons from afar, And My daughters from the ends of the earth - Everyone who is called by My name, Whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him." |
| Jer. 16:14-16 | " 'Therefore behold, the days are coming,' says the Lord, 'that it shall no more be said, "The Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt," but "The Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had driven them." For I will bring them back into their land which I gave to their fathers. 'Behold, I will send for many fishermen,' says the Lord, 'and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.' " |
| Jer. 23:3 | "But I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and bring them back to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase." |
| Jer. 30:3 | " 'For behold, the days are coming,' says the Lord, 'that I will bring back 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 shall possess it.' " |
| Jer. 31:3-9 | "The Lord has appeared *of old (Lit. from afar) to me, saying: 'Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you. Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! You shall again be adorned with your tambourines, And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice. You shall yet plant vines on the mountains of Samaria; The planters shall plant and *eat them as ordinary food. (Lit. treat them as common) For there shall be a day When the watchmen will cry on Mount Ephraim, "Arise, and let us go up to Zion, To the Lord our God." ' For thus says the Lord: 'Sing with gladness for Jacob, And shout among the chief of the nations; Proclaim, give praise, and say, "O Lord, save Your people, The remnant of Israel!" Behold, I will bring them from the north country, And gather them from the ends of the earth, Among them the blind and the lame, The woman with child And the one who labors with child together; A great throng shall return there. They shall come with weeping, And with supplications I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters, In a straight way in which they shalll not stumble; For I am a Father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn.' " |
| Jer. 31:35-37 | "Thus says the Lord, Who gives the sun for a light by day, And the ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night, Who disturbs the sea, And its waves roar (The Lord of hosts is His name): 'If those ordinances depart From before Me, says the Lord, Then the seed of Israel shall also cease From being a nation before Me forever.' Thus says the Lord: 'If heaven above can be measured, And the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel For all that they have done, says the Lord.' " |
| Jer. 32:37-41 | "Behold, I will gather them out of all countries where I have driven them in My anger, in My fury, and in great wrath; I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely. They shall be My people, and I will be their God; then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul." |
| Ezek. 36:24 | "For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land." |
