Zechariah 1:17
Cry out again, saying, So says Jehovah of Hosts: My cities shall yet be spread abroad through good, and Jehovah shall again overflow with goodness, and Jehovah shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
Isaiah 51:3
For Jehovah shall comfort Zion; He will comfort all her waste places; and He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah. Joy and gladness shall be found in it, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.
Zechariah 2:12
And Jehovah shall possess Judah, His portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
Isaiah 14:1
For Jehovah will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel and set them in their own land; and the stranger shall be joined with them, and they shall cling to the house of Jacob.
Isaiah 44:26
who makes the word of His servant sure, and makes good the counsel of His messengers; who says to Jerusalem, She shall have people; and to the cities of Judah, You shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places of it;
2 Chronicles 6:6
But now I have chosen Jerusalem, so that My name might be there, and now I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.
Nehemiah 11:3
And these are the rulers of the province who lived in Jerusalem. But in the cities of Judah everyone lived in his possession in their cities: Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the temple-slaves, and the sons of Solomon's servants.
Nehemiah 11:20
And the rest of Israel, of the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each one in his inheritance.
Psalm 69:35
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; so that they may dwell there, and possess it.
Psalm 132:13-14
Jehovah has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling-place.
Isaiah 40:1-2
Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God.
Isaiah 41:8-9
But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, My friend;
Isaiah 49:13
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break out into singing, O mountains; for the Lord has comforted His people, and will have mercy on His afflicted.
Isaiah 51:12
I, I, am He who comforts you. Who are you, that you should fear a man. He shall die, or from the son of man? He shall be made as grass?
Isaiah 52:9
Break out, sing together, waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
Isaiah 54:8
In a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you, says Jehovah your Redeemer.
Isaiah 61:4-6
And they will build the old wastes, they will raise up the ruins of former times. And they will repair the waste cities, the ruins of many generations.
Isaiah 66:13
As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 31:13
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them and make them rejoice from their affliction.
Jeremiah 31:23-24
So says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, Again they shall speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I shall again bring their captivity: Jehovah bless you, O home of justice and mountain of holiness.
Jeremiah 32:43-44
And fields shall be bought in this land of which you say, It is a desert without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 33:13
In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him who tallies, says Jehovah.
Ezekiel 36:10-11
And I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, all of it. And the cities shall have people, and the wastes shall be built.
Ezekiel 36:33
So says the Lord Jehovah: In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be built.
Amos 9:14
And I will turn back the captivity of My people Israel, and they shall build the cities which are desolate, and they shall live in them. And they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine. They shall also make gardens and eat their fruit.
Obadiah 1:20
And the exiles of this army shall go to the sons of Israel who shall possess the land of the Canaanites to Zarephath; even the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the south.
Zephaniah 3:15-17
Jehovah has turned off your judgments; He has cast out your enemy. The king of Israel, Jehovah, is in your midst; you shall not fear evil any more.
Zechariah 3:2
And Jehovah said to Satan, May Jehovah rebuke you, Satan! May even Jehovah who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked out of the fire?
Romans 11:28-29
Indeed as regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes. But as regards the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
Ephesians 1:4
according as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,