Verse 12

The LORD will take possession of Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 32:9 : 9 For the LORD’s allotment is his people, Jacob is his special possession.
• Zech 1:17 : 17 Speak up again with the message of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies:‘My cities will once more overflow with prosperity, and once more the LORD will comfort Zion and validate his choice of Jerusalem.’”
• Jer 10:16 : 16 The LORD, who is the inheritance of Jacob’s descendants, is not like them. He is the one who created everything. And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
• Jer 51:19 : 19 The LORD, who is the portion of the descendants of Jacob, is not like them. For he is the one who created everything, including the people of Israel whom he claims as his own. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine, 6 and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”
• Ps 33:12 : 12 How blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.
• Ps 82:8 : 8 Rise up, O God, and execute judgment on the earth! For you own all the nations.
• Ps 135:4 : 4 Indeed, the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.
• Isa 41:9 : 9 you whom I am bringing back from the earth’s extremities, and have summoned from the remote regions– I told you,“You are my servant.” I have chosen you and not rejected you.