Isaiah 56:3
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Obligations and Promises to Share in the Covenant
3 [a]The foreigner joined to the Lord should not say,
“The Lord will surely exclude me from his people”;
Nor should the eunuch say,
“See, I am a dry tree.”(A)
Footnotes
- 56:3 Eunuchs had originally been excluded from the community of the Lord; cf. Dt 23:2; Neh 13:1–3; Wis 3:14.
Isaiah 60:4
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The Nations Come to Zion
4 Raise your eyes and look about;
they all gather and come to you—
Your sons from afar,
your daughters in the arms of their nurses.(A)
Psalm 102:14
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14 You will again show mercy to Zion;
now is the time for pity;
the appointed time has come.
Jeremiah 24:6
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6 I will look after them for good and bring them back to this land, to build them up, not tear them down; to plant them, not uproot them.(A)
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Zechariah 1:17
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17 Proclaim further: Thus says the Lord of hosts:
My cities will again overflow with prosperity;
the Lord will again comfort Zion,
and will again choose Jerusalem.(A)
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