Ezr 1:5-11, Jer 23:3, 29:14, 30:3, 18, 31:4-5, 33:7, 11, Eze 11:17-18 | 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 .

af[See ver. 7 above]

ag ch. 20:41; 28:25; 34:13; 36:24; 37:21; [ch. 38:8; 39:27; Isa. 11:12]

ah ch. 20:41; 28:25; 34:13; 36:24; 37:21; [ch. 38:8; 39:27; Isa. 11:12]

Ezra 1:5-11

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. 6 And all who were about them ^caided them with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with beasts, and with costly wares, besides all that was freely offered. 7 ^dCyrus the king also brought out the vessels of the house of the Lord that ^eNebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the house of his gods. 8 Cyrus king of Persia brought these out in the charge of ^fMithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to ^gSheshbazzar the prince of Judah. 9 And this was the number of them: ^h30 basins of gold, 1,000 basins of silver, 29 censers, 10 30 bowls of gold, 410 bowls of silver, and 1,000 other vessels; 11 all the vessels of gold and of silver were 5,400. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when the exiles were brought up from Babylonia to Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 23:3

3 ⁱThen I will gather the remnant of my flock ^jout of all the countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, ^kand they shall be fruitful and multiply.

Jeremiah 29:14

14 I will be found by you, declares the Lord, ^land I will restore your fortunes and ^mgather you from all the nations and all the places ⁿwhere I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

Jeremiah 30:3

3 ^oFor behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, ^pwhen I will restore ^qthe fortunes of my people, ^rIsrael and Judah, says the Lord, ^sand I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall take possession of it.”

Jeremiah 30:18

18 “Thus says the Lord:
Behold, ^tI will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob
and have compassion on his dwellings;
the city shall be rebuilt on ^uits mound,
and the palace shall stand where it used to be.

Jeremiah 31:4-5

4 ^vAgain I will build you, and you shall be built,
O virgin Israel!
^wAgain you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
and shall go forth in ^xthe dance of the merrymakers.
5 ^yAgain you shall plant vineyards
on the mountains of Samaria;
the planters shall plant
and shall enjoy the fruit.

Jeremiah 33:7

7 ^zI will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, ^aaand rebuild them as they were ^abat first.

Jeremiah 33:11

11 ^acthe 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 ^adthank offerings to the house of the Lord:

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

Ezekiel 11:17-18

17 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: ^agI will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, ^ahand I will give you the land of Israel.’ 18 And when they come there, ^aithey will remove from it all its ^ajdetestable things and all its abominations.