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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 40:1
"Comfort, comfort My people," says your God.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 40:2
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and announce to her that her time of servitude is over, her iniquity has been pardoned, and she has received from the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 44:21
Remember these things, Jacob, and Israel, for you are My servant; I formed you, you are My servant; Israel, you will never be forgotten by Me.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 44:22
I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 54:7
"I deserted you for a brief moment, but I will take you back with great compassion.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 54:8
In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but I will have compassion on you with everlasting love," says the LORD your Redeemer.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_3 26:40-45
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"But if they will confess their sin and the sin of their fathers-- their unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, and how they acted with hostility toward Me,
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and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies-- and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled, and if they will pay the penalty for their sin,
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then I will remember My covenant with Jacob. I will also remember My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.
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For the land abandoned by them will make up for its Sabbaths by lying desolate without the people, while they pay the penalty for their sin, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.
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Yet in spite of this, while they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or abhor them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them, since I am the LORD their God.
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For their sake I will remember the covenant with their fathers, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God; I am the LORD."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_5 4:29-31
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But from there, you will search for the LORD your God, and you will find [Him] when you seek Him with all your heart and all your soul.
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When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, you will return to the LORD your God in later days and obey Him.
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He will not leave you, destroy you, or forget the covenant with your fathers that He swore to them by oath, because the LORD your God is a compassionate God.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_16 1:8
Please remember what You commanded Your servant Moses: "[If] you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_16 1:9
But if you return to Me and carefully observe My commands, even though your exiles were banished to the ends of the earth, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place where I chose to have My name dwell."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_19 98:3
He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen our God's victory.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_19 102:13
You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her-- the appointed time has come.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_19 136:10-24
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He struck the firstborn of the Egyptians His love is eternal.
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and brought Israel out from among them His love is eternal.
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with a strong hand and outstretched arm. His love is eternal.
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He divided the Red Sea His love is eternal.
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and led Israel through, His love is eternal.
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but hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His love is eternal.
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He led His people in the wilderness. His love is eternal.
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He struck down great kings His love is eternal.
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and slaughtered famous kings-- His love is eternal.
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Sihon king of the Amorites His love is eternal.
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and Og king of Bashan-- His love is eternal.
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and gave their land as an inheritance, His love is eternal.
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an inheritance to Israel His servant. His love is eternal.
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He remembered us in our humiliation His love is eternal.
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and rescued us from our foes. His love is eternal.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_19 143:12
and in Your faithful love destroy my enemies. Wipe out all those who attack me, for I am Your servant.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 50:4-6
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In those days and at that time-- [this is] the LORD's declaration-- the Israelites and Judeans will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
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They will ask about Zion, [turning] their faces to this road. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
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My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, guiding them the wrong way in the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 50:17-20
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Israel is a stray lamb, chased by lions. The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria; this last who has crunched his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
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Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: "I am about to punish the king of Babylon and his land just as I punished the king of Assyria.
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I will return Israel to his grazing land, and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan; he will be satisfied in the hill country of Ephraim and of Gilead.
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In those days and at that time-- [this is] the LORD's declaration-- one will search for Israel's guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah's sins, but they will not be found, for I will forgive those I leave as a remnant.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 50:33-20
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 51:4-6
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Those who were slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans, those who were pierced through, in her streets.
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For Israel and Judah are not left widowed by their God, the LORD of Hosts, though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.
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Leave Babylon; save your lives, each of you! Don't be silenced by her guilt. For this is the time of the LORD's vengeance-- He will pay her what she deserves.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 51:34-37
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"Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty dish; he has swallowed me like a sea monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies; he has vomited me out,"
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says the inhabitant of Zion; "Let the violence [done] to me and my family [be done] to Babylon. Let my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea," says Jerusalem.
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Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I am about to plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her fountain run dry.
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Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a jackals' den, a desolation and an object of scorn, without inhabitant.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_42 1:54
He has helped His servant Israel, mindful of His mercy,
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_42 1:72-74
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He has dealt mercifully with our fathers and remembered His holy covenant--
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the oath that He swore to our father Abraham. He has given us the privilege,
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since we have been rescued from our enemies' clutches, to serve Him without fear
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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 27:6
In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bloom and fill the whole world with fruit.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_38 1:17
"Proclaim further: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will once more comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_38 2:12
The LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.
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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_5 30:3-5
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then He will restore your fortunes, have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you.
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Even if your exiles are at the ends of the earth, He will gather you and bring you back from there.
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The LORD your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply you more than [He did] your fathers.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 24:6
I will keep My eyes on them for their good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not demolish them; I will plant them and not uproot them.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 24:7
I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God because they will return to Me with all their heart.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 29:14
I will be found by you"-- the LORD's declaration-- "and I will restore your fortunesand gather you from all the nations and places where I banished you"-- the LORD's declaration. "I will restore you to the place I deported you from."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 30:18-22
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This is what the LORD says: I will certainly restore the fortunes of Jacob's tents and show compassion on his dwellings. Every city will be rebuilt on its mound; every citadel will stand on its proper site.
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Thanksgiving will come out of them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not decrease; I will honor them, and they will not be insignificant.
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His children will be as in past days; his congregation will be established in My presence. I will punish all his oppressors.
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Jacob's leader will be one of them; his ruler will issue from him. I will invite him to Me, and he will approach Me, for who would otherwise risk his life to approach Me? [This is] the LORD's declaration.
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You will be My people, and I will be your God.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 31:8-12
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Watch! I am going to bring them from the northern land. I will gather them from remote regions of the earth-- the blind and the lame will be with them, along with those who are pregnant and those about to give birth. They will return here as a great assembly!
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They will come weeping, but I will bring them back with consolation. I will lead them to wadis [filled] with water by a smooth way where they will not stumble, for I am Israel's Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.
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Nations, hear the word of the LORD, and tell it among the far off coastlands! Say: The One who scattered Israel will gather him. He will watch over him as a shepherd [guards] his flock,
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for the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the power of one stronger than he.
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They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant with joy because of the LORD's goodness, because of the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil, and because of the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like an irrigated garden, and they will no longer grow weak [from hunger].
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 32:37-41
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I am about to gather them from all the lands where I have banished them in My wrath, rage, and great fury, and I will return them to this place and make them live in safety.
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They will be My people, and I will be their God.
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I will give them one heart and one way so that for their good and for [the good of] their descendants after them, they will fear Me always.
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"I will make with them an everlasting covenant: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put fear of Me in their hearts so they will never again turn away from Me.
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I will rejoice over them to do what is good to them, and I will plant them faithfully in this land with all My mind and heart.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_26 36:24-28
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"For I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
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I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
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I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
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I will place My Spirit within you and cause you to follow My statutes and carefully observe My ordinances.
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Then you will live in the land that I gave your fathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_26 39:25-29
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"So this is what the Lord God says: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
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They will feel remorse for their disgrace and all the unfaithfulness they committed against Me, when they live securely in their land with no one to frighten [them].
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When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them from the countries of their enemies, I will demonstrate My holiness through them in the sight of many nations.
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They will know that I am the LORD their God when I regather them to their own land after having exiled them among the nations. I will leave none of them behind.
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I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel." [This is] the declaration of the Lord God.
the strangers
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 19:24
On that day Israel will form a triple [alliance] with Egypt and Assyria-- a blessing within the land.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 19:25
The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 49:16-23
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Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me.
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Your builders hurry; those who destroy and devastate you will leave you.
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Look up, and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As I live"-- the LORD's declaration-- "you will wear all your children as jewelry, and put them on as a bride does.
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For your waste and desolate places and your land marked by ruins-- will now be indeed too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
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The children that you have been deprived of will yet say in your hearing: This place is too small for me; make room for me so that I may settle.
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Then you will say within yourself: Who fathered these for me? I was deprived of my children and barren, exiled and wandering-- but who brought them up? See, I was left by myself-- but these, where did they come from?"
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This is what the Lord God says: Look, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.
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Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the ground, and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who put their hope in Me will not be put to shame.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 56:6-8
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And the foreigners who convert to the LORD, minister to Him, love the LORD's name, and are His servants, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it, and who hold firmly to My covenant--
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I will bring them to My holy mountain and let them rejoice in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations."
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[This is] the declaration of the Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: "I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 60:3-5
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Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your radiance.
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Raise your eyes and look around: they all gather and come to you; your sons will come from far away, and your daughters will be carried on the hip.
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Then you will see and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and rejoice, because the riches of the sea will become yours, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 66:20
They will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots, in litters, and on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem, says the LORD, just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_8 1:14-18
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Again they wept loudly, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
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Naomi said, "Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law."
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But Ruth replied: Do not persuade me to leave you or go back and not follow you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
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Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD do this to me, and even more, if anything but death separates you and me.
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When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_17 8:17
In every province and every city, wherever the king's command and his law reached, rejoicing and jubilation took place among the Jews. There was a celebration and a holiday.And, many of the ethnic groups of the land professed themselves to be Jews because fear of the Jews had overcome them.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 12:15
After I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 12:16
If they will diligently learn the ways of My people-- to swear by My name, 'As the LORD lives,' just as they taught My people to swear by Baal-- they will be built up among My people.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_38 2:11
"Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day and become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_38 8:22
Many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead for the LORD's favor."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_38 8:23
The LORD of Hosts says this: "In those days, 10 men from nations of every language will grab the robe of a Jewish man tightly, urging: Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_39 1:11
"For My name will be great among the nations, from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name in every place because My name will be great among the nations," says the LORD of Hosts.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_42 2:32
a light for revelation to the Gentiles and glory to Your people Israel.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_44 15:14-17
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Simeon has reported how God first intervened to take from the Gentiles a people for His name.
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And the words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:
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After these things I will return and will rebuild David's tent, which has fallen down. I will rebuild its ruins and will set it up again,
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so that those who are left of mankind may seek the Lord-- even all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things,
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_49 2:12-19
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At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, with no hope and without God in the world.
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But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.
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For He is our peace, who made both groups one and tore down the dividing wall of hostility. In His flesh,
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He did away with the law of the commandments in regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man from the two, resulting in peace.
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[He did this so] that He might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross and put the hostility to death by it.
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When [Christ] came, He proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
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For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
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So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God's household,