He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God.

He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,

"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and worked redemption for his people;

The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel."

and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, "Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.

There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed, except Naaman, the Syrian."

When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude who followed him, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel."

that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."

But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.