Nehemiah 1:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

If ye turn

Yet will i

Will bring

Jeremiah 3:14

Ezekiel 36:24

The place

Deuteronomy 12:5

1 Kings 9:3

Ezra 6:12

General references

Deuteronomy 4:27

Bible References

If ye turn

"'As for the ones who remain among you, they will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies, and they will also rot away because of their ancestors' iniquities which are with them.

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.

Then if you and your descendants turn to the Lord your God and obey him with your whole mind and being just as I am commanding you today,

For I know what I have planned for you,' says the Lord. 'I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope.

Yet will i

Say this prayer: "Deliver us, O God who delivers us! Gather us! Rescue us from the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds."

Deliver us, O Lord, our God! Gather us from among the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.

The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem, and gathers the exiles of Israel.

He will lift a signal flag for the nations; he will gather Israel's dispersed people and assemble Judah's scattered people from the four corners of the earth.

The sovereign Lord says this, the one who gathers the dispersed of Israel: "I will still gather them up."

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.

Hear what the Lord has to say, O nations. Proclaim it in the faraway lands along the sea. Say, "The one who scattered Israel will regather them. He will watch over his people like a shepherd watches over his flock."

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.

But I will restore the flock of Israel to their own pasture. They will graze on Mount Carmel and the land of Bashan. They will eat until they are full on the hills of Ephraim and the land of Gilead.

And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Will bring

"Come back to me, my wayward sons," says the Lord, "for I am your true master. If you do, I will take one of you from each town and two of you from each family group, and I will bring you back to Zion.

"'I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries; then I will bring you to your land.

The place

But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.

The Lord said to him, "I have answered your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.

May God who makes his name to reside there overthrow any king or nation who reaches out to cause such change so as to destroy this temple of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have given orders. Let them be carried out with precision!"

General references

Then the Lord will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you among the nations where the Lord will drive you.