Ezr 1:5, 8:15-20, Isa 2:2-4, 11:11-13, Jer 50:4-5, Hos 1:11, Mic 4:1-3 | ESV | STEP | Then rose up the heads of the fathers ’ houses of Judah and Benjamin , and the priests and the Levites , everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem .

ae[See ver. 10 above]

af ch. 56:8; [Zech. 10:6]

ag Ezek. 37:16, 17; [ch. 9:21; Zech. 11:14]

ahSee ch. 3:18

aiSee ch. 3:18

aj ch. 31:9, 18; Ezra 8:21; Ps. 126:6

ak Hos. 3:5

al[ch. 31:21]

am[Isa. 2:3]

anSee ch. 32:40

ao Isa. 11:12, 13; Jer. 3:18; 50:4; Ezek. 34:23; Zech. 10:6; See Ezek. 37:16-24

ap[ch. 3:5]

aqFor ver. 1-3, see Isa. 2:2-4

as[Joel 3:10]

Ezra 1:5

5 Then rose up the heads of the fathers’ houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, ^aeveryone whose spirit ^bGod had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem.

Ezra 8:15-20

Ezra Sends for Levites

15 I gathered them to the river that runs to ^cAhava, and there we camped three days. As I reviewed the people and the priests, I found there ^dnone of the sons of Levi. 16 Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and ^eMeshullam, leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of insight, 17 and sent them to Iddo, the leading man at the place Casiphia, telling them what to say to Iddo and his brothers and ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks and} the temple servants at the place Casiphia, namely, to send us ministers for the house of our God. 18 And ^gby the good hand of our God on us, they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of ^hMahli the son of Levi, son of Israel, namely Sherebiah with his sons and kinsmen, 18; 19 also ⁱHashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of ^jthe sons of Merari, with his kinsmen and their sons, 20; 20 ^kbesides 220 of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all ^lmentioned by name.

Isaiah 2:2-4

2 ^mIt shall come to pass in the latter days
that ⁿthe mountain of the house of the Lord
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and shall be lifted up above the hills;
and ^oall the nations shall flow to it,
3 and ^pmany peoples 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 ^qout of Zion shall go forth the law, ^{▼▼Or teaching}
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 He shall judge between the nations,
and shall decide disputes for many peoples;
^sand they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
^tnation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore.

Isaiah 11:11-13

11 ^uIn that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, ^vfrom Assyria, ^wfrom Egypt, from ^xPathros, from ^yCush, ^{▼▼Probably Nubia} from ^aaElam, from ^abShinar, from ^acHamath, and from ^adthe coastlands of the sea.

12 He will raise ^aea signal for the nations
and will assemble ^afthe banished of Israel,
and gather the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.
13 ^agThe jealousy of Ephraim shall depart,
and those who harass Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah,
and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

Jeremiah 50:4-5

4 ^ah“In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, ^aithe people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, ^ajweeping as they come, and they ^akshall seek the Lord their God. 5 ^alThey shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, ^amsaying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an ^aneverlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’

Hosea 1:11

11 And ^aothe children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and ^apthey shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

Micah 4:1-3

The Mountain of the Lord

1 It shall come to pass ^aqin the latter days
that 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,
2 and 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.
3 He shall judge between many peoples,
and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away;
and they shall ^asbeat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore;