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Psalms 147:2

The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.

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ASV

Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem; He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

KJV

The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בּוֹנֵ֣הbo.Neh[is] [the] builder ofH1129 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֣םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
נִדְחֵ֖יnid.Chei[the] banished [ones] ofH5080 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֣לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
יְכַנֵּֽס׃ye.kha.Neshe gathersH3664 →

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Deuteronomy 30:3then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.Isaiah 56:8Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”Psalms 51:18In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.Isaiah 62:7nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.Psalms 102:20–22to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,Isaiah 11:12He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.Ephesians 2:12–19remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.Ezekiel 39:27–28When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them out of the lands of their enemies, I will show My holiness in them in the sight of many nations.Ezekiel 38:8After a long time you will be summoned. In the latter years you will enter a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and all now dwell securely.Isaiah 14:32What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”Jeremiah 32:37I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.Isaiah 27:13And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.Ezekiel 36:24–38For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.Ezra 2:64–65The whole assembly numbered 42,360,Psalms 102:13–16You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.Isaiah 11:11–12On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.Nehemiah 3:1–16At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.

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