The Captives Who Returned to Jerusalem(A)

Now (B)these are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, (C)whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his own city.

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The List of the Exiles Who Returned(A)

Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles,(B) whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon(C) had taken captive to Babylon (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to their own town,(D)

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12 He will set up a banner for the nations,
And will [a]assemble the outcasts of Israel,
And gather together (A)the dispersed of Judah
From the four [b]corners of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 11:12 gather
  2. Isaiah 11:12 Lit. wings

12 He will raise a banner(A) for the nations
    and gather(B) the exiles of Israel;(C)
he will assemble the scattered people(D) of Judah
    from the four quarters of the earth.(E)

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13 Also (A)the envy of Ephraim shall depart,
And the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
And Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

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13 Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
    and Judah’s enemies[a] will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
    nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 11:13 Or hostility

18 “In those days (A)the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of (B)the north to (C)the land that I have given as an inheritance to your fathers.

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18 In those days the people of Judah will join the people of Israel,(A) and together(B) they will come from a northern(C) land to the land(D) I gave your ancestors as an inheritance.

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A New Covenant

31 “Behold, the (A)days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—

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31 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will make a new covenant(A)
with the people of Israel
    and with the people of Judah.

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And (A)I will cause the captives of Judah and the captives of Israel to return, and will rebuild those places (B)as at the first.

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I will bring Judah(A) and Israel back from captivity[a](B) and will rebuild(C) them as they were before.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 33:7 Or will restore the fortunes of Judah and Israel

11 (A)Then the children of Judah and the children of Israel
Shall be gathered together,
And appoint for themselves one head;
And they shall come up out of the land,
For great will be the day of Jezreel!

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11 The people of Judah and the people of Israel will come together;(A) they will appoint one leader(B) and will come up out of the land,(C) for great will be the day of Jezreel.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 1:11 In Hebrew texts 1:10,11 is numbered 2:1,2.