zCited Acts 15:16
abCited Acts 15:17, 18
Isaiah 60:22
22 aThe least one shall become a clan,and the smallest one a mighty nation;
bI am the Lord;
in its time I will hasten it.
Ezekiel 17:22-24
22Thus says the Lord God: c“I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. dI will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and eI myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. 23 fOn the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. gAnd under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest. 24And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord; hI bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up ithe green tree, and make jthe dry tree flourish. kI am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.”Daniel 2:34-35
34As you looked, a stone was cut out lby no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and mbroke them in pieces. 35Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became nlike the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that onot a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became pa great mountain qand filled the whole earth.Daniel 2:44-45
44And in the days of those kings rthe God of heaven will set up sa kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. tIt shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and uit shall stand forever, 45just as vyou saw that wa stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that xit broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A ygreat God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”Amos 9:11-15
The Restoration of Israel
11 “In that day zI will raise upthe booth of David that is fallen
and repair its breaches,
and raise up its ruins
and rebuild it as in the days of old,
12 aathat they may possess the remnant of Edom
and aball the nations who are called by my name,” ▼
▼Hebrew; Septuagint (compare Acts 15:17) that the remnant of mankind and all the nations who are called by my name may seek the Lord
declares the Lord who does this.
13 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
ad“when the plowman shall overtake the reaper
and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;
aethe mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and all the hills shall flow with it.
14 afI will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
and agthey shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
ahthey shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 aiI will plant them on their land,
ajand they shall never again be uprooted
out of the land akthat I have given them,”
says the Lord your God.
Micah 4:1-2
The Mountain of the Lord
1 It shall come to pass alin the latter daysthat the mountain of the house of the Lord
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and it shall be lifted up above the hills;
and peoples shall flow to it,
2and many nations shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths.”
For out of Zion shall go forth the law, ▼
▼Or teaching
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
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