Quotes About Restoration

And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.

For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ëI have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.

“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.

“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”

I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,

A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.

I will say to the north, ëGive them up!í and to the south, ëDo not hold them back!í Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—

who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:

who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ëShe will be inhabited,í and of the cities of Judah, ëThey will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,í

who says of Cyrus, ëMy shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,í who says of Jerusalem, ëShe will be rebuilt,í and of the temple, ëLet its foundation be laid.í”

I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”

“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.

And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him—for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength—

He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”

This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,

to say to the prisoners, ëCome out,í and to those in darkness, ëShow yourselves.í They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.

Your builders hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.

For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.

Then you will say in your heart, ëWho has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?í”

This is what the LORD says: “Where is your motherís certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.