1Ki 8:30, Ezr 1:1-6, Psa 106:47, Jer 31:4-9, 27, 32:37, 33:10-13 | ESV | STEP | And listen to the plea of your servant and of your people Israel , when they pray toward this place . And listen in heaven your dwelling place , and when you hear , forgive .

ao[See ver. 7 above]

ap[Ezek. 36:11]

aq[ch. 31:24; 50:19; Isa. 65:10; Ezek. 34:14, 15]

ar Song 1:7

asSee ch. 17:26

atSee ch. 17:26

auSee ch. 17:26

avSee ch. 17:26

awSee ch. 17:26

ax[Lev. 27:32]

ay[John 10:3]

1 Kings 8:30

30 And listen to the plea of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. And listen in heaven your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.

Ezra 1:1-6

The Proclamation of Cyrus

1 ^aIn the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, ^bthat the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so ^cthat he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:

2 “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and ^dhe has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Whoever is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel— ^ehe is the God who is in Jerusalem. 4 And let each survivor, in whatever place he sojourns, be assisted by the men of his place with silver and gold, with goods and with beasts, besides freewill offerings for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.”

5 Then rose up the heads of the fathers’ houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, ^feveryone whose spirit ^gGod had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem. 6 And all who were about them ^haided them with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with beasts, and with costly wares, besides all that was freely offered.

Psalms 106:47

47 ⁱSave us, O Lord our God,
and ^jgather us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
and glory in your praise.

Jeremiah 31:4-9

4 ^kAgain I will build you, and you shall be built,
O virgin Israel!
^lAgain you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
and shall go forth in ^mthe dance of the merrymakers.
5 ⁿAgain you shall plant vineyards
on the mountains of Samaria;
the planters shall plant
and shall enjoy the fruit.
6 For there shall be a day when watchmen will call
in ^othe hill country of Ephraim:
^p‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
to the Lord our God.’”
7 For thus says the Lord:
^q“Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
and raise shouts for ^rthe chief of the nations;
proclaim, give praise, and say,
^s‘O Lord, save your people,
the remnant of Israel.’
8 Behold, I will bring them ^tfrom the north country
and ^ugather them from ^vthe farthest parts of the earth,
among them ^wthe blind and the lame,
the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together;
a great company, they shall return here.
9 ^xWith weeping they shall come,
^yand with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them ^zwalk by brooks of water,
^aain a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for ^abI am a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is ^acmy firstborn.

Jeremiah 31:27

27 ^ad“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when ^aeI will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with ^afthe seed of man and the seed of beast.

Jeremiah 32:37

37 ^agBehold, I will gather them from all the countries ^ahto which I drove them in ^aimy anger and my wrath and in great indignation. I will bring them back to this place, ^ajand I will make them dwell in safety.

Jeremiah 33:10-13

10 “Thus says the Lord: In this place ^akof which you say, ‘It is a waste without man or beast,’ in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again 11 ^althe voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring ^amthank offerings to the house of the Lord:

^an“‘Give thanks to the Lord of hosts,
for the Lord is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!’
^aoFor I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.

12 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ^apIn this place that is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be ^aqhabitations of shepherds ^arresting their flocks. 13 ^asIn the cities of the hill country, ^atin the cities of the Shephelah, ^auand in the cities of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin, ^avthe places about Jerusalem, ^awand in the cities of Judah, ^axflocks shall again pass under the hands ^ayof the one who counts them, says the Lord.