Isaiah 14:1
The Lord will certainly have compassion on Jacob; he will again choose Israel as his special people and restore them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family of Jacob.
Psalm 102:13
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. For it is time to have mercy on her, for the appointed time has come.
Zechariah 1:17
Speak up again with the message of the Lord who rules over all: 'My cities will once more overflow with prosperity, and once more the Lord will comfort Zion and validate his choice of Jerusalem.'"
Isaiah 54:7-8
"For a short time I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you.
Ephesians 2:12-19
that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Zechariah 8:22-23
Many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord who rules over all and to ask his favor.
Leviticus 26:40-45
However, when they confess their iniquity and their ancestors' iniquity which they committed by trespassing against me, by which they also walked in hostility against me
Deuteronomy 4:29-31
But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.
Deuteronomy 30:3-5
the Lord your God will reverse your captivity and have pity on you. He will turn and gather you from all the peoples among whom he has scattered you.
Ruth 1:14-18
Again they wept loudly. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung tightly to her.
Nehemiah 1:8-9
Please recall the word you commanded your servant Moses: 'If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations.
Esther 8:17
Throughout every province and throughout every city where the king's edict and his law arrived, the Jews experienced happiness and joy, banquets and holidays. Many of the resident peoples pretended to be Jews, because the fear of the Jews had overcome them.
Psalm 98:3
He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel. All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us.
Psalm 136:10-24
to the one who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his loyal love endures,
Psalm 143:12
As a demonstration of your loyal love, destroy my enemies! Annihilate all who threaten my life, for I am your servant.
Isaiah 19:24-25
At that time Israel will be the third member of the group, along with Egypt and Assyria, and will be a recipient of blessing in the earth.
Isaiah 27:6
The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.
Isaiah 40:1-2
"Comfort, comfort my people," says your God.
Isaiah 41:8
"You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend,
Isaiah 44:1
"Now, listen, Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen!"
Isaiah 44:21-22
Remember these things, O Jacob, O Israel, for you are my servant. I formed you to be my servant; O Israel, I will not forget you!
Isaiah 49:7
This is what the Lord, the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers: "Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful Lord, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you."
Isaiah 49:13
Shout for joy, O sky! Rejoice, O earth! Let the mountains give a joyful shout! For the Lord consoles his people and shows compassion to the oppressed.
Isaiah 49:16-23
Look, I have inscribed your name on my palms; your walls are constantly before me.
Isaiah 56:6-8
As for foreigners who become followers of the Lord and serve him, who love the name of the Lord and want to be his servants -- all who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it, and who are faithful to my covenant --
Isaiah 60:3-5
Nations come to your light, kings to your bright light.
Isaiah 66:20
They will bring back all your countrymen from all the nations as an offering to the Lord. They will bring them on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels to my holy hill Jerusalem," says the Lord, "just as the Israelites bring offerings to the Lord's temple in ritually pure containers.
Jeremiah 12:15-16
But after I have uprooted the people of those nations, I will relent and have pity on them. I will restore the people of each of those nations to their own lands and to their own country.
Jeremiah 24:6-7
I will look after their welfare and will restore them to this land. There I will build them up and will not tear them down. I will plant them firmly in the land and will not uproot them.
Jeremiah 29:14
I will make myself available to you,' says the Lord. 'Then I will reverse your plight and will regather you from all the nations and all the places where I have exiled you,' says the Lord. 'I will bring you back to the place from which I exiled you.'
Jeremiah 30:18-22
The Lord says, "I will restore the ruined houses of the descendants of Jacob. I will show compassion on their ruined homes. Every city will be rebuilt on its former ruins. Every fortified dwelling will occupy its traditional site.
Jeremiah 31:8-12
Then I will reply, 'I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here.
Jeremiah 32:37-41
I will certainly regather my people from all the countries where I will have exiled them in my anger, fury, and great wrath. I will bring them back to this place and allow them to live here in safety.
Jeremiah 50:4-6
"When that time comes," says the Lord, "the people of Israel and Judah will return to the land together. They will come back with tears of repentance as they seek the Lord their God.
Jeremiah 50:17-20
"The people of Israel are like scattered sheep which lions have chased away. First the king of Assyria devoured them. Now last of all King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has gnawed their bones.
Jeremiah 50:33
The Lord who rules over all says, "The people of Israel are oppressed. So too are the people of Judah. All those who took them captive are holding them prisoners. They refuse to set them free.
Jeremiah 51:4-6
Let them fall slain in the land of Babylonia, mortally wounded in the streets of her cities.
Jeremiah 51:34-37
"King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon devoured me and drove my people out. Like a monster from the deep he swallowed me. He filled his belly with my riches. He made me an empty dish. He completely cleaned me out."
Ezekiel 36:24-28
"'I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries; then I will bring you to your land.
Ezekiel 39:25-29
"Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob, and I will have mercy on the entire house of Israel. I will be zealous for my holy name.
Zechariah 2:11-12
"Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on the day of salvation, and they will also be my people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all." Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.
Malachi 1:11
For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations," says the Lord who rules over all.
Luke 1:54
He has helped his servant Israel, remembering his mercy,
Luke 1:72-74
He has done this to show mercy to our ancestors, and to remember his holy covenant --
Luke 2:32
a light, for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel."
Acts 15:14-17
Simeon has explained how God first concerned himself to select from among the Gentiles a people for his name.