And the angel that spoke with me said to me, Cry out and say, Thus says the Lord Almighty; I have been jealous for Jerusalem and Zion with great jealousy.

Therefore thus says the Lord: I will return to Jerusalem with compassion; and My house shall be rebuilt in her, says the Lord Almighty, and a measuring line shall yet be stretched out over Jerusalem.

and spoke to him, saying, Run and speak to that young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be fully inhabited by reason of the abundance of men and cattle in the midst of her.

Up, up! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord; for I will gather you from the four winds of heaven, says the Lord,

For thus says the Lord Almighty; After the glory has he sent Me to the nations that spoiled you: for he that touches you is as one that touches the apple of His eye.

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I come, and will dwell in the midst of you, says the Lord.

And the Lord shall take possession of Judah, His portion in the holy land, and He will yet choose Jerusalem.

Thus says the Lord Almighty; I have been jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with great jealousy, and I have been jealous for her with great fury.

Thus says the Lord Almighty; There shall yet dwell old men and old women in the streets of Jerusalem, everyone holding his staff in his hand for age.

Thus says the Lord Almighty; If it shall be impossible in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, shall it also be impossible in My sight? Says the Lord Almighty.

and I will bring them in, and cause [them] to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and they shall be to Me a people, and I will be to them a God, in truth and in righteousness.

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.

For thus said the Lord: When seventy years shall be on the verge of being accomplished at Babylon, I will visit you, and will confirm My words to you, to bring back your people to this place.

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Thus says the Lord: I have brought on [you] destruction. Your stroke is painful.

All your friends have forgotten you; they shall not ask [about you] at all, for I have smitten you with the stroke of the enemy, [even] severe correction. Your sins have abounded above all your iniquity.

Therefore all that devour you shall be eaten, and all your enemies shall eat all their [own] flesh. And they that spoil you shall become a spoil, and I will give up to be plundered all that have plundered you.

Thus said the Lord: Behold, I will turn the captivity of Jacob, and will have pity upon his prisoners; and the city shall be built upon her hill, and the people shall settle after their manner.

And their sons shall go in as before, and their testimonies shall be established before Me, and I will visit those that afflict them.

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The Lord appeared to him from afar, [saying], I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you.

For you have planted vineyards on the mountains of Samaria. Plant, and praise.

For thus says the Lord to Jacob: Rejoice, and exult over the head of the nations: make proclamation, and praise. Say, The Lord has delivered His people, the remnant of Israel.

They went forth with weeping, and I will bring them back with consolation, causing them to lodge by the channels of waters in a straight way, and they shall not err in it: for I have become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn.

For the Lord has ransomed Jacob, He has rescued him out of the hand of them [that were] stronger than he.

Then shall the virgins rejoice in the assembly of youth, and the old men shall rejoice; and I will turn their mourning into joy, and will make them merry.

In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and will rebuild the ruins of it, and will set up the parts thereof that have been broken down, and will build it up as in the ancient days:

Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when the harvest shall overtake the vintage, and the grapes shall ripen at seed time; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall be planted.

And I will plant them on their land, and they shall no more be plucked up from the land which I have given them, says the Lord God Almighty.

Rejoice, O daughter of Zion; cry aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem; rejoice and delight yourself with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

At that time the Lord shall say to Jerusalem, Be of good courage, Zion; let not your hands be slack.

And I will gather your afflicted ones. Alas! Who has taken up a reproach against her?

And [their enemies] shall be ashamed at that time, when I shall deal well with you, and at the time when I shall receive you: for I will make you honored and a praise among all the nations of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before you, says the Lord.