When there are [some] of you escaping from the sword among the Gentiles, and when you are scattered in the countries,

Because the Lord your God [is] a merciful God; He will not forsake you, nor destroy you; He will not forget the covenant of your fathers, which the Lord swore to them.

And he carried away the remnant to Babylon; and they were servants to him and to his sons until [the establishment of] the kingdom of the Medes,

And yet there shall be a tenth upon it, and again it shall be for a spoil, as a terebinth tree, and as an acorn when it falls out of its husk.

And it shall come to pass in that day [that] the remnant of Israel shall no more join themselves with, and the saved of Jacob shall no more trust in them that injured them; but they shall trust in the Holy God of Israel, in truth.

And though the people of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be saved.

There shall be in that day a failure of the glory of Jacob, and the riches of his glory shall be shaken.

and [as if] there should be left stubble therein, or the berries of an olive tree, two or three on the topmost bough, or [as if] four or five should be left on their branches; thus says the Lord, the God of Israel.

All this shall be in the land in the midst of the nations, as if one should strip an olive tree, so shall they strip them; but when the vintage is done,

Comfort, yes, comfort My people, says [your] God.

Speak, you priests, to the heart of Jerusalem; comfort her, for her humiliation is accomplished, her sin is put away; for she has received of the Lord's hand double [for] her sins.

Thus says the Lord: As the new wine shall be found in the cluster, and they shall say, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it; so will I do for the sake of him that serves Me, for his sake I will not destroy [them] all.

And I will lead forth the seed [that came] of Jacob and of Judah, and they shall inherit My holy mountain; and My elect and My servants shall inherit it, and shall dwell there.

Thus says the Lord, The whole land shall be desolate; but I will not make a full end.

And it shall come to pass, when you shall say, Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us? That you shall say to them, Because you served strange gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

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And the king of Babylon struck them in Riblah, in the land of Hamath.

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And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many peoples, as dew falling from the Lord, and as lambs on the grass; that none may assemble nor resist among the sons of men.

And unless the Lord had cut short the days, no flesh would be saved; but on account of the elect, whom He chose, He cut short the days.

For whom the LORD loves He disciplines, and scourges every son whom He receives."

But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.

For they indeed for a few days were disciplining us, as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, in order to partake of His holiness.

then those of you that escape among the nations where they were carried captive shall remember Me; (I have sworn [an oath] against their heart that goes a-whoring from Me, and their eyes that go a-whoring after their practices) and they shall mourn over themselves for all their abominations.

And they shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken.

that you may remember, and be ashamed, and may no more be able to open your mouth for your shame, when I am reconciled to you for all that you have done, says the Lord.

And you shall there remember your ways, and your devices in which you defiled yourselves; and you shall bewail yourselves for all your wickedness.

And you shall remember your evil ways and your practices that were not good, and you shall be hateful in your own sight for your transgressions and for your abominations.

[There shall be] an abiding [home] for your children.

For after my captivity I repented, and after I knew, I groaned for the day of shame, and showed You that I bore reproach from my youth.

Prepare yourself, O Zion; execute vengeance. Look to your ways; return, O virgin of Israel, by the way in which you went, return mourning to your cities.

A voice from the lips was heard, [even] of weeping and supplication of the children of Israel; for they have dealt unrighteously in their ways, they have forgotten God, their Holy One.

Truly the hills and the strength of the mountains were a lying refuge; but by the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

We have lain down in our shame, and our disgrace has covered us. Because we and our fathers have sinned before our God, from our youth until this day; and we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God.