Acts 3:19

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Repent, therefore, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Μετανοήσατε οὖν, καὶ ἐπιστρέψατε, εἰς τὸ ἐξαλειφθῆναι ὑμῶν τὰς ἁμαρτίας,

Transliteration

¶Metanoēsate therefore, and epistrepsate, for the exaleiphthēnai of you the hamartias,

Grammar Details

• *Metanoēsate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - repent
• *epistrepsate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - turn
• *exaleiphthēnai*: aorist passive infinitive - to be wiped away
• *hamartias*: accusative feminine plural - sins

Word Meanings

• *Metanoēsate*: repent/change your mind
• *epistrepsate*: turn/return/convert
• *exaleiphthēnai*: to be wiped away/to be blotted out/to be erased

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Repent ye{G3340} therefore,{G3767} and{G2532} turn again,{G1994} that{G1519} your{G5216} sins{G266} may be blotted out,{G1813} that so{G3704} there{G302} may come{G2064} seasons{G2540} of refreshing{G403} from{G575} the presence{G4383} of the Lord;{G2962}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Repent ye{G3340}{(G5657)} therefore{G3767}, and{G2532} be converted{G1994}{(G5657)}, that{G1519} your{G5216} sins{G266} may be blotted out{G1813}{(G5683)}, when{G3704} the times{G2540} of refreshing{G403} shall come{G302}{G2064}{(G5632)} from{G575} the presence{G4383} of the Lord{G2962};

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Repent ye therfore and turne yt youre synnes maye be done awaye when the tyme of refresshinge commeth which we shall have of the presence of the Lorde

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Do penaunce now therfore and turne you, that youre synnes maye be done awaye, whan the tyme of refreshinge shal come before the presence of the LORDE,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Amend your liues therefore, and turne, that your sinnes may be put away, whe the time of refreshing shal come from the presence of the Lord.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Repent ye therfore and conuert, that your sinnes may be done away, when the tyme of refreshyng shall come, in the presence of the Lorde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So then, let your hearts be changed and be turned to God, so that your sins may be completely taken away, and times of blessing may come from the Lord;

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,

Referenced Verses

• Acts 2:38 : 38 Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
• Isa 44:22 : 22 I have wiped away your transgressions like a thick cloud and your sins like a mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.
• Isa 43:25 : 25 I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
• Ps 51:9 : 9 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
• Matt 13:15 : 15 For the heart of this people has grown dull; they can barely hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, turn back to me, and I would heal them.
• Matt 18:3 : 3 And he said, "Truly, I tell you, unless you turn and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."
• Luke 1:16 : 16 He will turn many of the children of Israel back to the Lord their God.
• Jas 4:7-9 : 7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
• 2 Thess 1:7 : 7 and to give relief to you who are troubled, along with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his powerful angels.
• 2 Thess 1:10 : 10 On that day, when He comes to be glorified among His saints and marveled at by all who have believed—because our testimony to you was believed.
• Acts 26:18-20 : 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me. 19 So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. 20 Instead, I preached first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and then to all the region of Judea and to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.
• Acts 28:27 : 27 For this people's heart has grown calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.'
• Rom 11:25 : 25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not become conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
• Acts 3:21 : 21 Heaven must receive Him until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God spoke about through the holy prophets from ages past.
• Acts 11:18 : 18 When they heard this, they became silent and glorified God, saying, 'So then, God has granted repentance leading to life even to the Gentiles.'
• Acts 11:21 : 21 The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
• Acts 15:3 : 3 Having been sent on their way by the church, they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.
• Jas 5:19-20 : 19 My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you strays from the truth and someone turns them back, 20 let them know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save their soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
• 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For you were like sheep wandering astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
• 2 Pet 3:8 : 8 But do not let this one thing escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.
• Acts 1:6 : 6 So when they had come together, they asked Him, "Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?"
• Deut 4:29-31 : 29 But from there, you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice. 31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you, destroy you, or forget the covenant He swore to your ancestors.
• 1 Kgs 8:48-50 : 48 and if they turn back to You with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to You in the direction of the land You gave to their ancestors, the city You have chosen, and the temple I have built for Your name, 49 then hear their prayer and their plea from heaven, Your dwelling place, and uphold their cause. 50 Forgive Your people who have sinned against You; forgive all the offenses they have committed against You, and cause their captors to show them mercy,
• Ps 32:1-5 : 1 Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. 2 Blessed is the person whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the heat of summer. Selah. 5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,' and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah.
• Ps 51:1-3 : 1 For the choir director: A psalm of David. 2 When Nathan the prophet came to him after David had gone to Bathsheba. 3 Be gracious to me, O God, according to your lovingkindness; according to the abundance of your compassion, blot out my transgressions.
• Ps 51:13 : 13 Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
• Ps 72:6-9 : 6 He will come down like rain upon cut grass, like showers that water the earth. 7 In his days, the righteous one will flourish, and peace will abound as long as the moon endures. 8 He will have dominion from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth. 9 Those who dwell in the desert will bow before him, and his enemies will lick the dust. 10 The kings of Tarshish and distant shores will bring tribute; the kings of Sheba and Seba will offer gifts. 11 All kings will bow down to him, and all nations will serve him. 12 For he will deliver the needy who cry for help, the poor who have no helper. 13 He will have compassion on the weak and the needy and will save the lives of the needy. 14 He will redeem their lives from oppression and violence, and their blood will be precious in his sight. 15 May he live, and may gold from Sheba be given to him. May people pray for him continually and bless him all day long. 16 May there be an abundance of grain in the land, flourishing on the tops of the mountains. May its fruit wave like Lebanon, and may people flourish in the cities like the grass of the earth. 17 May his name endure forever; as long as the sun shines, may his name be continued. All nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed. 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds. 19 Blessed be his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.
• Ps 98:1-9 : 1 Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have worked salvation for Him. 2 The LORD has made His salvation known and revealed His righteousness to the nations. 3 He has remembered His lovingkindness and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 4 Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth; break forth with joyful singing and praises. 5 Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of song. 6 With trumpets and the sound of the ram’s horn, shout joyfully before the LORD, the King. 7 Let the sea and everything in it roar, the world and all who dwell in it. 8 Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together with joy. 9 Before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth; He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
• Ps 103:12 : 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
• Isa 1:16-20 : 16 Wash yourselves and make yourselves clean. Remove your evil deeds from My sight; stop doing evil. 17 Learn to do what is good; seek justice, correct the oppressor. Defend the cause of the fatherless and plead the case of the widow. 18 "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. 20 But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
• Isa 2:1-3 : 1 This is the word that Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 In the last days, the mountain of the Lord's house will be firmly established at the top of the mountains, lifted above the hills, and all nations will flow to it. 3 Many peoples will come and say, 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.' For instruction will go out from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
• Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the hearts of this people dull, their ears heavy, and their eyes blind; otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back and be healed."
• Isa 49:10-22 : 10 They will neither hunger nor thirst, nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down. For He who has compassion on them will guide them, and He will lead them beside springs of water. 11 I will turn all my mountains into roads, and my highways will be raised up. 12 Look, these will come from far away, and look, these from the north and the west, and others from the land of Sinim. 13 Sing, O heavens, rejoice, O earth, and break out into singing, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people and will have compassion on His afflicted ones. 14 But Zion said, 'The Lord has abandoned me, and my Lord has forgotten me.' 15 Can a woman forget her nursing child or lack compassion for the child of her womb? Even if these forget, I will not forget you. 16 See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me. 17 Your children hurry back, and those who laid you waste and devastated you will depart from you. 18 Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you. As surely as I live, declares the Lord, you will wear them all as ornaments and put them on like a bride. 19 Your ruins, desolate places, and devastated land will now be too small for your inhabitants, and those who devoured you will be far away. 20 The children you thought you had lost will say in your hearing, 'This place is too small for us. Make room for us to live here.' 21 Then you will say in your heart, 'Who bore me these children? I was bereaved and barren, exiled and rejected. Who raised these? I was left all alone—where have these come from?' 22 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: 'See, 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 carry your daughters on their shoulders.'
• Isa 51:11 : 11 So the ransomed of the Lord will return, and they will come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Joy and gladness will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
• Isa 52:1-9 : 1 Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion! Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city, for the uncircumcised and the unclean will never enter you again. 2 Shake off the dust, rise up; sit enthroned, Jerusalem. Free yourself from the chains around your neck, captive Daughter of Zion. 3 For this is what the LORD says: You were sold for nothing, and you will be redeemed without money. 4 For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Long ago my people went down to Egypt to live there as foreigners, and Assyria oppressed them for no reason. 5 And now, what do I have here? declares the LORD. My people have been taken away for nothing, and their rulers mock, declares the LORD. And all day long, my name is constantly blasphemed. 6 Therefore my people will know my name; therefore on that day they will know that it is I who foretold this—here I am. 7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, 'Your God reigns!'. 8 Listen! Your watchmen raise their voices; together they shout for joy. When the LORD returns to Zion, they will see it with their own eyes. 9 Burst into songs of joy together, you ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem. 10 The LORD has laid bare His holy arm in the sight of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
• Isa 54:1-9 : 1 Sing, O barren woman who has not given birth! Break forth into song and shout with joy, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate woman are more than the children of the married woman, says the Lord. 2 Enlarge the place of your tent; stretch out the curtains of your dwellings—do not hold back! Lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes. 3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left, and your descendants will inherit nations and resettle desolate cities. 4 Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced. Instead, you will forget the shame of your youth, and you will no longer remember the reproach of your widowhood. 5 For your Maker is your husband—the Lord of Hosts is His name. Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of all the earth. 6 For the Lord has called you, like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, like the wife of one’s youth who is rejected, says your God. 7 For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you. 8 In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you, says the Lord, your Redeemer. 9 To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn not to be angry with you or rebuke you. 10 Though the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, my steadfast love will not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be broken, says the Lord, who has compassion on you. 11 O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted! Behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and I will lay your foundation with sapphires. 12 I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling stones, and all your borders of precious stones. 13 All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children. 14 In righteousness you will be established; be far from oppression, for you will not fear, and from terror, for it will not come near you.
• Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, so that He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
• Isa 60:1-9 : 1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. 2 For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the nations, but the Lord will arise upon you, and His glory will be seen upon you. 3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. 4 Lift up your eyes and look around: they all gather together; they come to you. Your sons will come from far away, and your daughters will be carried on the hip. 5 Then you will see and be radiant, your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the wealth of the sea will be brought to you, and the riches of the nations will come to you. 6 A multitude of camels will cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense and will proclaim the praises of the Lord. 7 All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you; they will go up with acceptance on my altar, and I will glorify the house of my splendor. 8 Who are these flying like a cloud, and like doves to their windows? 9 Surely the coastlands will wait for me; the ships of Tarshish will come first, bringing your sons from afar, their silver and gold with them, for the name of the Lord your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because He has glorified you. 10 Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you; for though I struck you in my wrath, I will show you compassion in my favor. 11 Your gates will always be open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought to you, and their kings led in procession. 12 For any nation or kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations will be utterly ruined. 13 The glory of Lebanon will come to you—cypress, pine, and box tree together—to beautify the place of my sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of my feet. 14 The children of those who oppressed you will come and bow down before you; all who despised you will bow at your feet. They will call you the City of the Lord, Zion of the Holy One of Israel. 15 Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy of all generations. 16 You will suck the milk of nations; you will nurse at royal breasts. Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. 17 Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver; instead of wood, bronze; and instead of stones, iron. I will make your overseers peace and your rulers righteousness. 18 Violence will no longer be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. You will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise. 19 The sun will no longer be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. 20 Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning will come to an end. 21 Your people will all be righteous; they will inherit the land forever— the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, for my glory. 22 The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest one a mighty nation. I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.
• Isa 61:3 : 3 To provide for those who mourn in Zion—giving them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, a garment of praise instead of a spirit of faintness. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord to display His splendor.
• Isa 61:9-62:5 : 9 Their offspring will be known among the nations, and their descendants among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the Lord has blessed. 10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul will be joyful in my God, for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and covered me with a robe of righteousness, like a bridegroom adorned with a headdress, and like a bride adorned with her jewels. 11 For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up in the sight of all the nations. 1 For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like the dawn, and her salvation like a blazing torch. 2 The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings will see your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will designate. 3 You will be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the palm of your God. 4 You will no longer be called 'Abandoned,' and your land will no longer be called 'Desolate;' instead, you will be called 'My Delight is in Her,' and your land 'Married.' For the LORD delights in you, and your land will be married. 5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
• Isa 65:17-25 : 17 Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. 18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. 19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her. 20 No longer will there be an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; the one who dies at a hundred will be thought of as a mere youth, and one who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed. 21 They will build houses and live in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 They will not build and have another inhabit, nor will they plant and have another eat. For like the days of a tree will be the days of my people, and my chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They will not labor in vain or bear children for sudden disaster, for they are a people blessed by the LORD, they and their offspring with them. 24 Before they call, I will answer; while they are still speaking, I will hear. 25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the serpent will eat dust. They will not harm or destroy on all my holy mountain, says the LORD.
• Isa 66:10-14 : 10 Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; join in her joy, all you who mourn over her. 11 For you will nurse and be satisfied from her comforting breasts; you will drink deeply and delight in her overflowing glory. 12 For this is what the Lord says: 'I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of the nations like a flooding stream; you will nurse and be carried on her hip, and you will be bounced on her knees.' 13 As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem. 14 You will see, and your heart will rejoice; your bodies will flourish like grass. The hand of the Lord will be made known to His servants, but His indignation will be known to His enemies.
• Isa 66:18-22 : 18 For I know their works and their thoughts; the time is coming to gather all nations and languages. And they will come and see My glory. 19 I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of the survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud (those who draw the bow), to Tubal and Javan, and to the distant coastlands that have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. And they will proclaim My glory among the nations. 20 They will bring all your fellow Israelites from all the nations as an offering to the Lord—on horses, in chariots and wagons, on mules and camels—to My holy mountain, Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in clean vessels to the house of the Lord. 21 And I will also take some of them as priests and Levites, says the Lord. 22 For just as the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before Me, declares the Lord, so will your descendants and your name endure.
• Jer 31:18-20 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim’s lamenting: 'You disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf. Restore me, and I will return, for you are the LORD my God.' 19 After I turned away, I repented; after I came to understand, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son, my precious child? For as often as I speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore, my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, declares the LORD.
• Jer 31:22-26 : 22 How long will you wander, O unfaithful daughter? For the LORD has created something new in the land—a woman will surround a man. 23 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Once again they will say this in the land of Judah and in its cities when I restore their fortunes: 'May the LORD bless you, O dwelling of righteousness, O holy mountain.' 24 People will live together in Judah and all its cities—farmers and those who move with the herds. 25 For I have satisfied the weary soul and replenished every languishing soul. 26 At this I awoke and looked around, and my sleep was pleasant to me.
• Jer 31:33-34 : 33 This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 No longer will anyone teach their neighbor or their brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity and remember their sin no more.
• Jer 32:37-41 : 37 Behold, I will gather them from all the lands where I banished them in My anger, wrath, and great displeasure. I will bring them back to this place and let them live in safety. 38 They will be My people, and I will be their God. 39 I will give them one heart and one way so that they may always fear Me, for their own good and the good of their children after them. 40 I will make with them an everlasting covenant; I will never turn away from doing good to them. I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me. 41 I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land with all My heart and soul.
• Jer 33:15-26 : 15 In those days and at that time, I will cause a righteous Branch to sprout for David, and he will administer justice and righteousness in the land. 16 In those days, Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely. This is the name by which she will be called: The Lord Our Righteousness. 17 For this is what the Lord says: David will never fail to have a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel. 18 Nor will the Levitical priests ever fail to have a man before me to offer burnt offerings, to present grain offerings, and to make sacrifices continually. 19 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 20 This is what the Lord says: If you could break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night so that day and night would not come at their appointed time, 21 then my covenant with David my servant and my covenant with the Levitical priests who minister before me could also be broken, so that David would no longer have a descendant to reign on his throne. 22 Just as the stars in the sky cannot be counted and the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so will I multiply the descendants of David my servant and the Levites who minister before me. 23 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 24 Have you not noticed what these people are saying: 'The Lord has rejected the two families he chose'? So they despise my people and no longer regard them as a nation. 25 This is what the Lord says: If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed laws of heaven and earth, 26 then I will reject the descendants of Jacob and my servant David and will not choose one of his descendants to rule over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But I will restore their fortunes and have compassion on them.
• Jer 50:20 : 20 In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the guilt of Israel will be sought, but there will be none; and the sins of Judah, but none will be found, for I will forgive those I leave as a remnant.
• Lam 3:40 : 40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
• Lam 5:21 : 21 Restore us to yourself, LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old.
• Ezek 18:30-32 : 30 Therefore, house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall. 31 Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, house of Israel? 32 For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!
• Ezek 34:23-31 : 23 I will place over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd. 24 I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken. 25 I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of wild animals, so they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forests. 26 I will make them and the areas surrounding My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in their season—showers of blessing will come. 27 The trees of the field will yield their fruit, and the land will produce its crops. They will live securely on their land and know that I am the LORD when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them. 28 They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not devour them. They will live securely, and no one will make them afraid. 29 I will provide them with a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the disgrace of the nations. 30 Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they are My people—the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD. 31 You are My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 37:21-28 : 21 Then say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Behold, I will take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land.' 22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over them all. They will no longer be two nations or divided into two kingdoms. 23 They will no longer defile themselves with their idols, their vile images, or any of their transgressions. I will save them from all the places where they have sinned, and I will purify them. They will be My people, and I will be their God. 24 My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My laws and carefully obey My decrees. 25 They will live in the land I gave to My servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived. They and their children and their descendants will dwell there forever, and My servant David will be their prince forever. 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them, an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever. 27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people. 28 Then the nations will know that I, the Lord, make Israel holy, when My sanctuary is among them forever.
• Ezek 39:25-29 : 25 Therefore, 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 zealous for my holy name. 26 They will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness they committed against me when they live securely in their land with no one to make them afraid. 27 When I bring them back from the nations and gather them from the lands of their enemies, I will show my holiness through them in the sight of many nations. 28 Then they will know that I am the LORD their God when I send them into exile among the nations and gather them back into their land, leaving none behind. 29 And I will no longer hide my face from them, for I have poured out my Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD.
• Dan 9:13 : 13 As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our sins and gaining insight into Your truth.
• Hos 2:19-23 : 19 I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth; their names will no longer be remembered. 20 On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, the birds of the sky, and the creatures that move along the ground. I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, so that all may lie down in safety. 21 I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness, justice, lovingkindness, and compassion. 22 I will betroth you to me in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD. 23 On that day, I will answer, declares the LORD. I will answer the heavens, and they will answer the earth.
• Hos 14:2 : 2 Return, Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your sins.
• Joel 2:13 : 13 Tear open your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and he relents from sending calamity.
• Joel 3:16-21 : 16 The LORD will roar from Zion and shout from Jerusalem; the heavens and the earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people and a stronghold for the children of Israel. 17 Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy; never again will foreigners invade her. 18 In that day, the mountains will drip with sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, and all the streams of Judah will run with water. A fountain will flow out of the house of the LORD and water the Valley of Acacias. 19 Egypt will become a desolate wasteland, and Edom a desert wilderness, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood. 20 Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem through all generations. 21 I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged, for the LORD dwells in Zion.
• Amos 9:13-15 : 13 Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when the plowman will overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes the one sowing seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, and all the hills will flow with it. 14 I will restore My people Israel from captivity. They will rebuild desolate cities and inhabit them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine. They will make gardens and eat their fruit. 15 I will plant them upon their land, and they will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them, says the Lord your God.
• Mic 7:14-15 : 14 Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, who live alone in a forest in the midst of Carmel. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as they did in days of old. 15 As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt, I will show them miraculous wonders.
• Mic 7:18-19 : 18 Who is a God like You, forgiving iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in steadfast love. 19 He will again have compassion on us; He will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
• Zeph 3:14-20 : 14 Sing aloud, Daughter Zion; shout, Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem! 15 The LORD has taken away your judgments; He has turned aside your enemy. The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst; you will never again fear disaster. 16 On that day, it will be said to Jerusalem, 'Do not be afraid, Zion; do not let your hands fall limp.' 17 The LORD your God is in your midst—a mighty warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will exult over you with joyful singing. 18 I will gather those who grieve over the appointed festivals, who were burdened with disgrace because of her. 19 Behold, at that time I will deal with all your oppressors. I will save the lame and gather the scattered. I will make them a praise and a name in every land where they have suffered shame. 20 At that time, I will bring you in; at the time I gather you. For I will make you a name and a praise among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your fortunes before your very eyes, says the LORD.
• Zech 8:20-23 : 20 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Again, peoples and inhabitants of many cities will come, 21 and the inhabitants of one city will go to another, saying, ‘Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the LORD and seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’ 22 And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the LORD. 23 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In those days, ten men from every language and nation will take hold of the robe of a Jewish man and say, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’
• Rev 21:4 : 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.
• Acts 17:26 : 26 From one man, he made every nation of mankind to live on the entire face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation.
• 2 Tim 2:25 : 25 Gently instruct those who oppose you, in the hope that God might grant them repentance, leading them to a knowledge of the truth.