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Zephaniah 2:7

The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their captives.

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ASV

And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed their flocks thereupon; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for Jehovah their God will visit them, and bring back their captivity.

KJV

And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָ֣יָהve.Ha.yahand it will belongH1961 →
חֶ֗בֶלChe.vel[the] regionH2256 →
לִשְׁאֵרִ֛יתlish.'e.Ritto [the] remnant ofH7611 →
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
יְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם'a.lei.Hemon themH5921 →
יִרְע֑וּןyir.'Unthey will graze !H7462 →
בְּבָתֵּ֣יbe.va.Teiin [the] houses ofH1004 →
אַשְׁקְל֗וֹן'ash.ke.LonAshkelonH831 →
בָּעֶ֙רֶב֙ba.'E.revin the eveningH6153 →
יִרְבָּצ֔וּןyir.ba.Tzunthey will lie down !H7257 →
כִּ֧יkiforH3588 →
יִפְקְדֵ֛םyif.ke.Demhe will visit themH6485 →
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.HemGod theirH430 →
וְשָׁ֥בve.Shavand he will turn backH7725 →
שְׁבִיתָֽם׃she.vu.tamcaptivity theirH7622 →

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Jeremiah 29:10For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.Zephaniah 3:20At that time I will bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you. For I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your captives before your very eyes,” says the LORD.Exodus 4:31and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.Zephaniah 3:13The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”Micah 5:3–8Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel.Ezekiel 39:25Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.Luke 1:68“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.Ruth 1:6When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.Micah 2:12I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the midst of its pasture—a noisy throng.Amos 9:14–15I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.Jeremiah 33:7I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.Obadiah 1:19Those from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau; those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead.Micah 4:7And I will make the lame into a remnant, and the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.Jeremiah 29:14I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”Zechariah 10:3“My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them like His royal steed in battle.Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”Psalms 126:1–4When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.Psalms 85:1You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.

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